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Olga55 Posted 18 years ago
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one basket case

Hello! Could you help me to know the meaning of the idiom ( I think it is an idiom) in bold.

"One basket case

Chevy TrailBlazer sales fell 40% thoruough Sept. 30 compared with same peoriod last year."

Thank you.
  

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It means someone, a business, or a country who is very crazy, or in such a bad (financial or mental) condition that nothing can help them. The idiom comes from World War I. If a soldier was very badly injured, he had to be carried in a basket to the medic.

— AlpheccaStars

  • It means someone, a business, or a country who is very crazy, or in such a bad (financial or mental) condition that nothing can help them.
  • The idiom comes from World War I.
  • If a soldier was very badly injured, he had to be carried in a basket to the medic.
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It means someone, a business, or a country who is very crazy, or in such a bad (financial or mental) condition that nothing can help them.

The idiom comes from World War I. If a soldier was very badly injured, he had to be carried in a basket to the medic.
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AlpheccaStars, thank you.
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Person who is extremely nervous or anxious and cannot function properly,
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