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.
Examples of from bad to worse in a Sentence
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Opinion: Renting in L.A. could go from bad to worse.
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Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2024
But Corey says the more police questioned her in the coming days … the more a traumatic situation went from bad to worse.
—Jim Axelrod, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2024
But since the 2000s, as economic inequality in the nation has gone from bad to worse, the theater world has become more profoundly unequal.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2023
Later, Monica and Rachel take the medical duo on a double date that goes from bad to worse.
—Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2023
All the while, a humanitarian crisis teeters from bad to worse.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2023
Safe to say this situation has just gone from bad to worse.
—Tori Otten, The New Republic, 11 July 2023
Meanwhile, the future of the city hangs in the balance, things going from bad to worse—public transportation, mail delivery, garbage removal—thanks to the mayor, six terms and still nothing to show for it.
—Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
Things went from bad to worse as poor word-of-mouth spread.
—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 June 2023
Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2024
But Corey says the more police questioned her in the coming days … the more a traumatic situation went from bad to worse.
—Jim Axelrod, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2024
But since the 2000s, as economic inequality in the nation has gone from bad to worse, the theater world has become more profoundly unequal.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2023
Later, Monica and Rachel take the medical duo on a double date that goes from bad to worse.
—Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2023
All the while, a humanitarian crisis teeters from bad to worse.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2023
Safe to say this situation has just gone from bad to worse.
—Tori Otten, The New Republic, 11 July 2023
Meanwhile, the future of the city hangs in the balance, things going from bad to worse—public transportation, mail delivery, garbage removal—thanks to the mayor, six terms and still nothing to show for it.
—Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
Things went from bad to worse as poor word-of-mouth spread.
—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 June 2023
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