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"Going to hell in a handbasket", "going to hell in a handcart", "going to hell in a handbag", "go to hell in a bucket",〔Hendrickson, Robert (2000). ''(The Facts on File Dictionary of American Regionalisms )''. Infobase Publishing. p. 77. ISBN 1438129920.〕 "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. I. Windslow Ayer's 1865 polemic〔Ayer, I. Windslow, ''The Great North-Western Conspiracy in All Its Startling Details.'' Chicago: Rounds and James, 1865. p.47 (retrieved October 30, 2010 )〕 alleges, "Judge Morris of the Circuit Court of Illinois at an August meeting of Order of the Sons of Liberty said: "Thousands of our best men were prisoners in Camp Douglas, and if once at liberty would ‘send abolitionists to hell in a hand basket.’" It has also appeared in the title of several published works and other media: *"To Hell in a Handbasket" is the name of humorist H. Allen Smith's 1962 autobiography. *"Hell in a Handbasket" was the title of a 1988 ''Star Trek'' comic book. *''Hell in a Handbasket'' is the title of a 2006 book (ISBN 1585424587) by American counterculture cartoonist Tom Tomorrow, who authors a nationally syndicated cartoon strip ''This Modern World''. *"Hell in a handbasket" was the name of an undescribed con requiring a trained cat referenced in the 2004 film, ''Ocean's Twelve''. *"Hell in a Handbasket" is a song from Voltaire's ''Ooky Spooky'' album. *''Hell in a Handbasket'' is the title of a 2011 Meat Loaf album *Helena Handbasket is the name of a character in the TV show ''Friends''. It is the stage name for Chandler's crossdressing dad. *"Heff in a Handbasket" is an episode of ''Rocko's Modern Life''. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「To hell in a handbasket」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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