 |
| |||
| things are so bad or so awful, that it couldn't get any worse (Maggie) | |||
| life is so awfully off-course that it can't get any worse (george serebryakov) | |||
| things couldn't be worse (things could be better. used ironically or jocularly as a reply to the question ,,как дела?" ("how are things?")); things are as bad as they can be; things are as all right as soot is white | |||