BALLOON, GO TO HELL IN A

deteriorate badly; go downhill. A variation on the phrase g o to hell in a handbasket (or a bucket). —SHSBC Binder 27 Approved Glossary

(slang) deteriorate badly or rapidly; go downhill. A variation on the phrase go to hell in a handbasket. And if you don't do anything about them at all, not only does the enturbulation continue, but they go off and get lost and go to hell in a balloon.