| 单词 | to hell and gone |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto hell and gone h. to hell and gone: (a) to ruin or destruction; (b) a great distance, very far away; endlessly. Similarly (the) hell and gone: a great distance. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > [phrase] > a long way to hell and gone1863 the world > time > duration > eternity or infinite duration > eternity [phrase] > eternally or for ever (on, to) worulde (a) butan endeOE on (also in, þurh, geond) ealra worulda woruldOE (baith) heir and hyne1567 when (also till, until) hell freezes (over)1832 to hell and gone1863 1863 W. W. Lind Let. 27 Dec. in H. C. Lind Long Road Home (1992) iv. 151 Tom the sailor knocked him to hell and gone. 1880 Globe (Atchison, Kansas) 17 Mar. He will drive them to hell and gone if they don't pay him. 1908 R. D. Paine Stroke Oar 142 If they take you to hell-and-gone, obey my orders. 1944 N. Mailer in E. Seaver Cross-section 332 Picking up two-foot piles of plates and lugging them to hell and gone. 1963 J. N. Harris Weird World Wes Beattie (1966) i. 14 Mr Potter phoned me—I live hell and gone out in Port Credit—and said to come in. 1986 P. Stratford tr. A. Maillet Devil is Loose! (1987) iv. 191 Caraquet was the hell and gone away at the other side of the country. 2007 Toronto Star (Nexis) 27 Feb. a27 It [sc. a raccoon] busted my green bin open and spread gunk from here to hell and gone? < as lemmas |
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