In yesterday’s post, I again used the expression “going to hell in a handbasket” …. and got a couple of emails re: its origin and meaning.
So, today we’re reprising a post from the archives …
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This week, a poll finally asked a question that really cuts to the chase:
Which better describes how you feel about the way things are going in the world these days?
- a) Things are going to hell in a handbasket
- b) Everything will be alright
- c) Don’t know
Started me wondering:
What’s up with a goofy idiom like “going to hell in a handbasket”?
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