perfect storm
kick someone when they are down
worm in the apple
tar baby
can of worms
take a turn for the worse
deterioratingly
deteriorationism
crunch
running sore
weight of the world
freefall
worsen
downhill
do more harm than good
problematize
bugger
pejorism
soup
souring
aggravating
in a bind
worsener
exacerbating
calamity
melting point
hooped
confound
exasperating
go to pieces
hair-trigger
if it's not one thing it's another
plight
every silver lining has a cloud
living death
harm
exacerbate
misreform
damage
in trouble
P-complete
impairment
dismay
how-d'ye-do
worsening
pressure cooker
cobra effect
disimprovement
make one's bed and lie in it
unfortunate person
compound
unfortunate
hard-set
grief
worst-case scenario
deformation
badass
trifecta
distortion
backfiring
poison
disimprove
misalter
too close for comfort
fall away
a bad penny always turns up
multicrisis
gainful
deteriorating
make heavy weather of
aggravate
troubledly
exasperate
mell of a hess
topsy-turvy
pejorist
despair
sword of Damocles
mishap
shitdom
woe
mischance
misadventure
suffering
woebegone
unease
run up against
troublement
goatfuck
confronting
shit show
affliction
suffer