handbasket

• Nom désignant un panier, généralement tressé et muni d'une anse, utilisé pour transporter des objets.

A noun referring to a container, typically woven and equipped with handles, used for carrying items.

1. Woven container with handlesB1formal

   A container, typically made of woven fibers or similar material, fitted with handles for carrying items.

   panier à anses

   • She carried a handbasket full of apples from the orchard.
   • The market vendor handed him a handbasket with fresh herbs.
   • The old handbasket was woven from willow branches.
   • They packed a picnic in a large handbasket.

   Synonymesbasket

2. Idiomatic: rapid declineB2slangamerican

   Used in the phrase 'go to hell in a handbasket' to describe a situation that is deteriorating very quickly or heading towards disaster.

   panier (au sens idiomatique)

   • Ever since the new management took over, the company has gone to hell in a handbasket.
   • If we keep ignoring the problem, this country will go to hell in a handbasket.
   • His grades went to hell in a handbasket after he stopped studying.
   • Many believe the education system is going to hell in a handbasket.