"go to hell in a handbasket" 怎么发音

expression

US

GOH-tuh-HEL-in-uh-HAND-bas-kit

UK

guh-OH-too-HEL-in-ay-HAND-bah-skit

释义

This expression describes a situation that is getting much worse, usually quickly and uncontrollably, often implying that everything is falling apart or failing.

IPA 音标

美式英语

ˈɡoʊ/ /ˈtu/, /tə/, /tɪ/ /ˈhɛɫ/ /ˈɪn/, /ɪn/ /ˈeɪ/, /ə/ /ˈhændˌbæskɪt

英式英语

ɡˈəʊ/ /tˈuː/ /hˈɛl/ /ˈɪn/ /æɪ/ /ˈhændˌbɑːskɪt

简化发音

美式

GOH-tuh-HEL-in-uh-HAND-bas-kit

英式

guh-OH-too-HEL-in-ay-HAND-bah-skit

语境中听

Everyone says the company is going to hell in a handbasket.

She thinks the world is going to hell in a handbasket.

This project is going to hell in a handbasket because no one is working together.

If prices keep rising like this, the economy will go to hell in a handbasket.