Going to hell in a handbasket is defined as a situation, a place, or a person, or an object headed for disaster inescapably and/or precipitately. When used to describe an object or a house, it means that the object or house is becoming derelict, dangerous to live in, a hazard, and incredibly damaged, or already is.
Synonyms "going to hell in a handcart", "going to hell in a handbag", "go to hell in a bucket", "sending something to hell in a handbasket" and "something being like hell in a handbasket".
Example 1 Person 1: That hoarder house went to hell in a handbasket after that tree branch collapsed the roof.
Person 2: The owner still hasn't repaired the roof.
Example 2
To individuals observing the United States of America from outside of the United States of America during the last 5 years, it looks like the United States of America is going to hell in a handbasket.
The act of sleeping, sitting or resting in between takes or turns during sports or board games. Named after the actor Cesar Remero who used to sleep inbetween takes of the 1966 BatmanTV shows.
1: Dude I'm tired, I'm going to pull a Cesar Romero. Wake me when it's my turn.
2: "Where's Gary?" "Oh he's pulling a Cesar Remero"