Hell in a hand basket

Describtion from the older generation that describes when things are bad

Person #1 age 20 What do you think of the rising gas prices, war costs and the Patriot Act
Person #2 age 60 This country is going to Hell in a Hand Basket.

Person #1 I never heard that saying

Person #2 Old saying, Urban UP young man!!

by John Hopper May 18, 2005

you're going to hell in a hand basket

Not merely "going to hell", but going to hell easily and rapidly; beyond hope.

Now you've REALLY gone and done it; you're going to hell in a hand basket.

by voiceofgod February 12, 2006

you're going to hell in a hand basket

that what you are doing is so bad that, you are going down by the law or with someone that you've hurt and;or you have sinned alot. the devil is carring the basket personally

you cheated on her and when she finds out; you're going to hell in a hand basket

by zekeharris February 4, 2006

HELL IN A HANDBASKET

Comical way of describing a situation where you or somebody is going to end up in deep shit.

Yeh, if she find out I forgot when her birthday is I'm going to GO TO HELL IN A HANDBASKET!

by Joshiro007 February 21, 2003

Going to hell in a handbasket

To be going to hell in a handbasket is to be rapidly deteriorating - on course for disaster.
Simply put, things get worse and worse and don't seem to get better.

The virus is killing millions of people and thousands of people got laid off. I hate to tell you this but things going to hell in a handbasket.

by Mechavelli June 3, 2020

hell in a handbasket

See up shit creek without a paddle

Gametalk.com has gone to hell in a handbasket, and I am largely responsible for that.

by Gumba Gumba December 22, 2006

hell in a handbasket

a big ole mess on the inside and out.

take all of the underworld, the demons, the devil, the fires, the rivers of mud, the torture devises, etc and shove them into a picnic basket turning it inside and out into a conglomerated mess. Imagine what that looks like----and that is what you are when you are hell in a handbasket.

by missjediv October 29, 2010