at worst
used to say what the most unpleasant or difficult situation could possibly be:
At worst, she can only tell you off for being late.
considering someone or something in the most negative or unkind way possible:
She is at worst corrupt, and at best has been knowingly breaking the rules.
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Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences
- a (heavy) cross to bear idiom
- a cloud on the horizon idiom
- a fate worse than death idiom
- a hard/tough row to hoe idiom
- a narrow squeak idiom
- barrel
- bind
- crunch
- curse
- fate
- feeding frenzy
- going
- have a bumpy ride idiom
- have sb over a barrel idiom
- schtuck
- shtook
- stalemate
- standoff
- sticky wicket
- vortex
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