The main assumption about its origin is that “handbasket”is used because it addsalliterationto the statement. This is true for other forms of the phrase, such as “goto hell in a handbag”or “go to hell in a handcart.” Regardless, “go to hell in a handbasket”is by far the most...
to become the victim of an accident, a disease, a layoff or crime.But when people are asked about the world, they switch from Pollyann a to Eeyore: everyone else is miserable, they insist, and the world is going to hell in a handcart.This diseonnect originates in the nature of news...
"Going to hell in a handbasket", "going to hell in a handcart", "going to hell in a handbag", "go to hell in a bucket",[1] "sending something to hell in a handbasket" and "something being like hell in a handbasket" are variations on an American allegorical locution of unclear ...
NOT FOR the first time, a cursory reading of the press this week would suggest the country is going to hell in a handcart. This time, the rattling carriage contains a raucous payload of young people behaving badly. The cast of characters includes professional footballers allegedly engaged in ...
Book review: Ten Days That Changed The Nation: Going to hell in a handcartMarc Horne
The case against the ‘World is going to hell in a handcart’ brigade. The Righteous Mind–Jonathan Haidt Why does our society seem so hopelessly split? Can we heal the divisions and build greater tolerance for those who disagree with us?
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I completely agree with you, Ronan. Kelly’s words are despicable. I am less sure that we should blame outsiders for the disaster of the handcart pioneers. I am pretty sure that it’s more pleasant to be a Mormon in Paisley than a “gentile” in Provo (what a horrible word to refer...
HOPE, the old masters used to say, is a virtue: that is, something you worked at, practised, made a part of your character, rather than a feeling on the spectrum of whether one is full of get-up-and-go or under the weather.
The article reports on the decline of the share prices of major mining companies listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) by 3% to 6% as of July 29, 2011. It is said that Xstrata's share prices fell because of cost overruns at its Koniambo, New Caledonia project. Analysts predict that...