Question: where did the expression going to hell in a handbasket come from
Answer: `` Going to hell in a handbasket '' , `` going to hell in a handcart '' , `` going to hell in a handbag '' , `` go to hell in a bucket '' , `` sending something to hell in a handbasket '' and `` something being like hell in a handbasket '' are variations on an American allegorical locution of unclear origin , which describes a situation headed for disaster inescapably or precipitately .