to hell in a handbasket in English

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{
  "etymology_text": ": to hell in a handbasket < → δείτε τις λέξεις to, hell, in, a και handbasket",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "to hell in a handbasket"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Αμερικανικοί όροι (αγγλικά)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ιδιωματισμοί (αγγλικά)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "All our plans went to hell in a handbasket.",
          "translation": "Όλα μας τα σχέδια πήγαν κατά διαόλου."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "πάω κατά διαόλου"
      ],
      "id": "el-to_hell_in_a_handbasket-en-phrase---5F09jy",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ιδιωματισμός",
        "αμερικανικά αγγλικά"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "to hell in a handbasket"
}

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{
  "etymology_text": ": to hell in a handbasket < → δείτε τις λέξεις to, hell, in, a και handbasket",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "to hell in a handbasket"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Αμερικανικοί όροι (αγγλικά)",
        "Ιδιωματισμοί (αγγλικά)"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "All our plans went to hell in a handbasket.",
          "translation": "Όλα μας τα σχέδια πήγαν κατά διαόλου."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "πάω κατά διαόλου"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "ιδιωματισμός",
        "αμερικανικά αγγλικά"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "to hell in a handbasket"
}

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"to hell in a handbasket" meaning in English

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