What's the world coming to?

What's the world coming to?
something that you say which means that life is not as pleasant or safe as it was in the past.

What's the world coming to when you can't leave your house for five minutes without someone trying to break in and rob you?


New idioms dictionary. 2014.

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  • what's the world coming to — I am shocked and disappointed. What s the world coming to when you can t leave your house for five minutes without someone trying to break in and rob you? …   New idioms dictionary

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