〜ばかりだ
N2Formation:
Verb(dict. form) + ばかりだ
Getting worse and worse / increasingly. Indicates that things are changing for the worse.
Examples
最近、物価が上がるばかりだ。
Recently, prices are just going up and up.
彼の病気は悪くなるばかりです。
His illness is only getting worse.
人口が減るばかりで、経済が心配だ。
The population is only decreasing, and I'm worried about the economy.
問題は増えるばかりだった。
Problems just kept increasing.