In French, to make comparisons such as "better and better / worse and worse", you use "de mieux en mieux / de pire en pire".
How to use 'de mieux en mieux' and 'de pire en pire' in French
Look at these sentences:
Expressions like better and better and worse and worse are formed with:
de mieux en mieux = better and better
de pire en pire = worse and worse
de mal en pis= from bad to worse
Also note that the following expressions use mieux and pis on their own:
See also Plus... plus..., moins... moins... = the more...the more..., the less...the less... (comparisons with phrases), De plus en plus / De moins en moins + [adverbe/adjectif/verbe] = more and more / less and less + [adverb/adjective/verb] (Comparisons in French) and De plus en plus de / de moins en moins de + [nom] = more and more / less and less + [nouns] (Comparisons in French)
Here are other Comparative structures:
Plus ... que/Moins ... que/Aussi ... que = More ... than/Less ... than/As ... as (Comparisons with Adjectives in French)
Plus ... que/Moins ... que/Aussi ... que = More ... than/Less ... than/As ... as (Comparisons with Adverbs in French)
Plus que/Moins que/Autant que = More than/Less than/As much as (Comparisons with Verbs in French)
Plus de ... que/Moins de ... que/Autant de ... que = More ... than/Less ... than/As much/many ... as (Comparisons with Nouns in French)
And Superlative structures:
Le/la/les plus and Le/la/les moins = The most and the least (Superlative with Adjectives in French)
Le plus/Le moins = The most/the least (Superlative with Adverbs in French)
Forming the superlative of French adjectives in complex cases
Meilleur, mieux, pire / plus mauvais, plus mal = better, best, worse and worst in French (irregular comparatives and superlatives)
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