A Basket Case

A Basket case

Welcome to English in a minute, where we teach you all about idioms in American English.

Some times American English doesn’t seem to make sense.

Like this: Gloria has a lot of things go ing on in her life right now.

yes, she does . Her parents are sick. Her car is not working she’s building a new house and she got a new job.

Wow! that’s a lot of stress .

One more thing and she’s go ing to be a basket case!

Will Gloria really become a container for basket? I don’t think so.

If you experience a lot of stress or try to handle too too many things at the same time, your life might become very difficult . the nervous strain or tension might wear you out and leave you with a sense of hopelessness.

that what a basket case means.