go from bad to worse

go from bad to worse
(to get into an even worse condition etc than before: Things are going from bad to worse for the firm - not only are we losing money but there's going to be a strike as well.) empirer

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  • from bad to worse — See: GO FROM BAD TO WORSE …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • from bad to worse — See: GO FROM BAD TO WORSE …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • go from bad to worse — {adv. phr.} To change from a bad position or condition to a worse one; become worse. * /Dick s typing went from bad to worse when he was tired./ * /Jack s conduct in school has gone from bad to worse./ Compare: OUT OF THE PRYING PAN INTO THE FIRE …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • go from bad to worse — {adv. phr.} To change from a bad position or condition to a worse one; become worse. * /Dick s typing went from bad to worse when he was tired./ * /Jack s conduct in school has gone from bad to worse./ Compare: OUT OF THE PRYING PAN INTO THE FIRE …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • From Bed to Worse — Эпизод «Шоу Кливленда» «From Bed to Worse» …   Википедия

  • From — (fr[o^]m), prep. [AS. fram, from; akin to OS. fram out, OHG. & Icel. fram forward, Sw. fram, Dan. frem, Goth. fram from, prob. akin to E. forth. ?202. Cf. {Fro}, {Foremost}.] Out of the neighborhood of; lessening or losing proximity to; leaving… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bad — bad1 badness, n. /bad/, adj., worse, worst; (Slang) badder, baddest for 36; n.; adv. adj. 1. not good in any manner or degree …   Universalium

  • worse — See: BARK WORSE THAN ONE S BITE, FOR BETTER OR WORSE or FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE, FOR THE WORSE, GO FROM BAD TO WORSE …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • worse — See: BARK WORSE THAN ONE S BITE, FOR BETTER OR WORSE or FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE, FOR THE WORSE, GO FROM BAD TO WORSE …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • bad — See: GO FROM BAD TO WORSE, IN A BAD WAY, IN BAD, IN ONE S BAD GRACES, LEAVE A BAD TASTE IN ONE S MOUTH, NOT BAD or NOT SO BAD or NOT HALF BAD, ON ONE S BAD SIDE, TOO BAD, WITH BAD GRACE …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • bad — See: GO FROM BAD TO WORSE, IN A BAD WAY, IN BAD, IN ONE S BAD GRACES, LEAVE A BAD TASTE IN ONE S MOUTH, NOT BAD or NOT SO BAD or NOT HALF BAD, ON ONE S BAD SIDE, TOO BAD, WITH BAD GRACE …   Dictionary of American idioms

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