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handbasket
handbasket (ˈhændˌbɑːskɪt) na basket designed to be carried in the handhand•bas•ket (ˈhændˌbæs kɪt, -ˌbɑ skɪt)
n. a small basket with a handle for carrying by hand. Idioms: go to hell in a handbasket, to degenerate quickly and decisively. [1485–95] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  handbasket - a container that is usually woven and has handlesbasketbreadbasket - a basket for serving breadbushel basket - a basket large enough to hold a bushelcontainer - any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)creel - a wicker basket used by anglers to hold fishfrail - a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs)hamper - a basket usually with a coverpunnet - a small light basket used as a measure for fruitsshopping basket - a handbasket used to carry goods while shoppingskep - a large round wicker basket (used on farms)wicker basket - a basket made of wickerwork |
handbasket
to hell in a handbasketA set phrase used to emphasize that something has gone wrong or awry. Typically used with the verb "go." I just got pulled into a meeting and assigned a huge project, so my day has really gone to hell in a handbasket. What a mess! This party really went to hell in a handbasket quickly!See also: handbasket, hellgo to hell in a handbasketTo be in an extremely and increasingly bad or ruinous condition; to be on the inevitable path to utter failure or ruin. With the way he's running things, the company is going to hell in a handbasket! After our funding was cut, our project went to hell in a handbasket.See also: go, handbasket, hellgo to hell in a bucketTo be in an extremely and increasingly bad or ruinous condition; to be on the inevitable path to utter failure or ruin. With the way he's running things, the company is going to hell in a bucket! After our funding was cut, our project went to hell in a bucket.See also: bucket, go, hellgo to hell in a bucket and go to hell in a handbasketFig. to get rapidly worse and worse. The school system in this district is going to hell in a bucket, and no mistake. His health is going to hell in a handbasket ever since he started drinking again.See also: bucket, go, hellgo to hell in a handbasket undergo a rapid process of deterioration. North American informal This expression has been recorded since the early 20th century; variants of it include go to hell in a handcart and go to hell in a basket . 1990 Nature Conservancy I read widely on environmental issues and often feel that ‘the world is going to hell in a handbasket’. See also: go, handbasket, hellgo to hell in a handbasket, toTo deteriorate rapidly. This expression, originating in America in the early twentieth century, owes its appeal to alliteration. It also makes sense: something carried in a handbasket is light and easily conveyed, whence the phrase can mean going to ruin easily and rapidly. However, more likely it is simply an alliterative elaboration of gone to hell, which has meant ruined or destroyed since the early nineteenth century. The cliché tends to be applied to large generalities, as in “The economy is about to go to hell in a handbasket.” See also go to the devil; go(ing) to the dogs.See also: go, hellgo to hell in a handbasketHeading for trouble. The expression might possibly have been inspired by the heads of decapitated prisoners falling or being dumped into handbaskets or handcarts. The “handbasket” alliteration following “going to hell” caught on and was applied to anyone whose behavior was likely to lead to an unhappy consequence.See also: go, handbasket, hellEncyclopediaSeebasketHandbag Sign The clutching by an elderly woman of her handbag, generally regarded as a sign of confusion and disorientationFinancialSeeBaskethandbasket
Synonyms for handbasketnoun a container that is usually woven and has handlesSynonymsRelated Words- breadbasket
- bushel basket
- container
- creel
- frail
- hamper
- punnet
- shopping basket
- skep
- wicker basket
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