from bad to worse

idiom

: from a bad state or condition to an even worse state or condition

The company has been struggling for years, and things have recently gone from bad to worse.

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Recent Examples on the Web That's because ever since career foreign service officer Kate Wyler (Russell) took the job as U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom amid a crisis for our friends across the pond, things have gone from bad to worse. —

Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024 The poor suffering souls in the game garner some sympathy as their lives go from bad to worse. —

Rob Wieland, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024 My equipment was inadequate and unsafe, and the situation could have gone from bad to worse, very quickly. —

Wes Siler, Outside Online, 14 Oct. 2024 Prepare a collective groan: Traffic congestion on Interstate 70 through the mountains is about to go from bad to worse. —

John Frank, Axios, 1 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for from bad to worse

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