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hell1 nounhell2 interjection hellhell1 /hel/ ●●○ S3 noun  - Traffic was hell this morning.
- We lost every game, but hell, I slept well anyway.
- Well, hell, I don't know.
- And a hell of a liar, Doll.
- But what the hell, it worked.
- For if he ever got lost there would be hell to pay.
- For the hell of it l do an extra set of bun-twisters on my back, a perennial crowd-pleaser.
- What the hell was he going to do?
- What the bloody hell does he know?
- William Mulholland came to Los Angeles more or less for the hell of it.
- Wondering what the hell he's up to.
extremely determined to do something, even if it is wrong► go to any lengths/stop at nothing to be willing to do anything, even if it is cruel, dishonest, or illegal, in order to get what you want: · He's prepared to go to any lengths to find the men who killed his daughter.· Lawrence would stop at nothing to achieve power and wealth. ► be hellbent on informal to be extremely determined to do something, especially something dangerous or something that may have a bad result: be hellbent on doing something: · Bob's hellbent on going through with the plan, even though it's sure to end in disaster.be hellbent on revenge/destruction: · Gangs of youths rampaged through the streets, hellbent on destruction. ► whatever the cost if you do something whatever the cost , you are determined to do it even if it causes a lot of problems or you have to spend a lot of money, use a lot of effort etc: · I want him back here as soon as possible, whatever the cost.· They are determined to win back the disputed territories, whatever the cost in human terms. ► come hell or high water spoken use this to emphasize that you are determined to do something in spite of any problems or difficulties: · I'll be there in time. Don't worry. Come hell or high water.· Come hell or high water, he'd never missed a race and he wasn't going to miss this one. ► ruthless someone who is ruthless is so determined to get what they want, especially in business or politics, that they do not care if they harm other people: · You should be careful of Ian - he can be pretty ruthless if anyone gets in his way.· a ruthless and pitiless dictator when you do something for enjoyment► for fun if you do something for fun , you do it because you enjoy it and not for any other reason: · I only really started the shop for fun, but it's been a huge success.just for fun: · When we started our band we played music in restaurants just for fun. ► for a laugh British in order to enjoy yourself and to make people laugh: · I only entered the contest for a laugh, so I couldn't believe it when I won!· In the end Kelly admitted that she'd invented the story for a laugh. ► just (for) a bit of fun British spoken if something is just a bit of fun , it is done as a joke or for enjoyment, especially when other people do not approve: · The two boys told the court that they stole the car - "just for a bit of fun".· Don't get upset Mum - it was only a bit of fun. ► (just) for the hell of it informal if you do something for the hell of it , you do it only because you enjoy it and for no other reason, especially something bad: · We used to go out every Saturday night and get drunk, just for the hell of it.· A lot of rich kids are turning to crime just for the hell of it. ► (just) for kicks informal for enjoyment - use this when someone does something that you strongly disapprove of, for example hurting another person, for enjoyment: · Detectives say that the murderer is a "lunatic who kills for kicks".· Some kids steal from shops just for kicks. to tell someone off very angrily or loudly► give somebody hell informal to shout at someone and make them suffer for doing something wrong: · I'd better go. My wife will give me hell if I'm late home again.· Caroline would give me hell for evermore if she thought I'd mistreated her best friend. ► yell at especially American to shout at or talk angrily to someone because they have done something wrong or annoying: · It was so embarrassing - he just started yelling at his wife.get yelled at spoken: · I got yelled at at school because I was wearing the wrong shirt. ► chew out American informal to talk very angrily to someone for a long time about something wrong that they have done: chew somebody out: · Even his mother used to chew him out in public.chew out somebody: · The Senate science and space subcommittee chewed out NASA for failing to conduct the necessary tests.chew somebody out for something/chew out somebody for something: · The boss called Diane into his office and chewed her out for losing the Thurman account. ► read somebody the riot act informal to tell someone off and warn them about what will happen if they continue with their bad behaviour: · They'll read him the riot act if he ever shows his face again. ► give somebody a dressing down to tell someone off, especially in a way that makes them look stupid: give sb a dressing down for: · Elise was delighted I rang, but gave me a terrible dressing down for not ringing before or sending a postcard. ► bollock somebody/give somebody a bollocking British informal to tell someone off by shouting at them. These are rude phrases: · Being bollocked by your daughter is a bit hard to take.bollock sb/give sb a bollocking for: · My dad gave me a real bollocking for crashing his car. ► Religionacolyte, nounafterlife, nounagnostic, nounangel, nounanimism, nounanoint, verbapostasy, nounapostate, nounarchangel, nounbelieve, verbbeliever, nounbell-ringer, nounbless, verbblessed, adjectiveblessing, nouncelebrant, nounChristian Science, nouncircumcise, verbcircumcision, nouncommunion, nounconfession, nounconvent, nounconversion, nounconvert, nouncoreligionist, nouncowl, nouncredo, nouncreed, nouncult, noundaemon, nounDecalogue, noundefrock, verbdeism, noundenomination, noundenominational, adjectivedevotee, noundevotion, noundevotional, adjectivedevout, adjectivedivine, adjectivedivinity, noundruid, nounfaith, nounfast day, nounfeast, nounfervour, nounfiesta, nounfollow, verbfrankincense, noungentile, noungod, noungoddess, noungrace, nounhabit, nounhair shirt, nounhallelujah, interjectionhallowed, adjectivehalo, nounheathen, adjectiveheathen, nounheaven, nounheavenly, adjectivehell, nounheresy, nounheretic, nounhermit, nounhermitage, nounheterodox, adjectivehigh priest, nounidol, nounidolatry, nounincarnation, nounincense, nouninfidel, nounintercession, nouninvocation, nouninvoke, verbirreligious, adjective-ism, suffixlayman, nounlaywoman, nounlibation, nounliturgical, adjectiveliturgy, nounmartyr, nounmartyr, verbmeditate, verbmeditation, nounmission, nounmonastery, nounmonastic, adjectivemonk, nounmonotheism, nounMoonie, nounMormon, nounMosaic, adjectivemystery play, nounmystic, nounmystical, adjectivemysticism, nounneophyte, nounnovice, nounnovitiate, nounnuminous, adjectivenun, nounnunnery, nounoblation, nounobservance, nounoffering, nounOlympian, adjectiveordain, verborder, nounorthodox, adjectiveotherworldly, adjectivepagan, adjectivepagan, nounpantheism, nounpantheon, nounParsee, nounpilgrim, nounpilgrimage, nounpious, adjectivepluralism, nounpolytheism, nounpractise, verbpray, verbprayer, nounprayer wheel, nounpreach, verbpreacher, nounpriest, nounpriestess, nounpriesthood, nounpriestly, adjectiveprophet, nounprophetess, nounpurify, verbRasta, nounRastafarian, nounRastaman, nounRE, nounrecant, verbreincarnation, nounreligious, adjectivereligiously, adverbreliquary, nounrepent, verbretreat, nounrevelation, nounrevivalism, nounrite, nounritual, nounsacred, adjectivesacrifice, nounsacrifice, verbsacrificial, adjectivesanctify, verbsanctity, nounsanctuary, nounsanctum, nounsatanism, nounscripture, nounsect, nounsectarian, adjectiveservice, nounshaman, nounShinto, nounshrine, nounsin, nounsin, verbsinful, adjectivesinner, nounsoul, nounspirit, nounspiritual, adjectivespiritualism, nounspirituality, nounSr, sun god, nounsuppliant, nounsupplicant, nounsupplication, nounSupreme Being, nounTao, nounTaoism, nountemple, nountenet, nounthanksgiving, nountheism, nountheo-, prefixtheocracy, nountheologian, nountheological college, nountheology, nountonsure, nountranscendental, adjectivetranscendental meditation, nountransmigration, noununbelief, noununbeliever, nounungodly, adjectiveunholy, adjectiveunorthodox, adjectivevisionary, nounvoodoo, nounvotary, nounworship, verbworship, noun ► made ... life hell My mother made my life hell. ► living hell These past few days have been a living hell. ► gone through hell She must have gone through hell every day, the way we teased her about her weight. ► pure/absolute/sheer etc hell They described the war zone as sheer hell. ► hell on earth He says his time in jail was hell on earth. ► pure/absolute/sheer etc hell ‘How was your exam?’ ‘Sheer hell!’ ► hurt like hell informal (=hurt very much) My shoulder hurts like hell. ► (as) mad as hell (=a rude way of saying very angry) ► pure hell· He has described this period as ‘pure hell’. ► ran like hell He picked up the child and ran like hell (=ran very quickly, especially in order to escape). ► scare the life/living daylights/hell etc out of somebody (=scare someone very much) The alarm scared the hell out of me. ADJECTIVE► living· It is as if the war, crisis, living hell or chaotic backwater can never be known and will never end.· It's just a living hell.· Serving in the Danuese battalions was a living hell.· Tony Revell says it's living hell to work with, and I believe him.· The brave heroes returned to an epidemic of influenza which all but carried off those who had survived a living hell. ► pure· He was never able to reveal that his life was pure hell.· The pure hell of making a speech is only equalled by the agony of the audience.· Sitting in a small room with a strange man asking me questions is pure hell. ► sheer· It was sheer bloody hell listening to all those fatuous nincompoops saying what a great guy you are.· The stairs seem like the north face of the Eiger, the temperature sheer hell.· Or was he just trying to provoke her into an argument for the sheer hell of it?· The crack-up of personal confidence, the sheer bloody hell of facing every simple decision as a major crisis. VERB► beat· Well, first we're gon na beat the hell out of you.· You beat the holy hell out of me and we lied at the X-ray lab and said I fell off a bike.· To make profit, the Profitboss has only one objective; to beat the hell out of the competition.· I even looked forward to her sofa-bed and duvet, because it beats the hell out of Victor's rubber lilo. ► fight· We fought like hell for most of the time.· Must have fought like hell to find its niche within the forest, to distinguish itself within the pack. ► get· You don't wait to pick up personal belongings, you just get the hell out.· So I wanted to get the hell out of there.· Yanto's father had got hell from the harbour master and Yanto had got hell from his old man.· Both of us hit the windshield, and I got a hell of a bump and a four-day headache out of it.· He had every intention of getting the hell out of Paris just as soon as he had collected all the money owed to him.· Whoever got him would be getting a hell of player.· Yes, it was fitting and sweet that I should get the hell out of there.· I think we should get the hell out of here. ► hurt· I know he lost his legs first, and then his fingers-he died alone and it hurt like hell.· I was able to breathe only with the utmost difficulty, and my arm hurt like hell.· It hurt like hell but he was damned if he was going to let the gunman escape.· My forehead hurt like hell and my body was bruised all over, but no bones were broken. ► pay· For if he ever got lost there would be hell to pay.· If one of them kicked over the traces, there was hell to pay until he fell obediently back into line.· If the gardai got to us there'd be hell to pay.· He'd trace you to wherever you were and there'd be hell to pay.· I never did lose any at all, but a couple did go missing one day and there was hell to pay.· They'd just have complained to Mrs Goreng about me, and then there would have been hell to pay. ► raise· If you arrive late, raise merry hell, and insult the stage crew you will certainly be remembered.· Now she raised hell with him about the letter in the paper.· But Mitchum has rarely raised any kind of hell.· It raises hell across the land.· I raised all kind of hell.· They raised hell for three weeks.· I raised so much hell the judge postponed it... told me talk to my lawyer. ► rot· I just hope the people who did this rot in hell.· Lutz gon na rot in hell.· Let them rot in hell first! ► scare· Don't even glance at me, my proud beauties: you'd scare the hell out of me.· Just to make the move scared the hell out of me.· You know it too, and you're scared as hell.· Today, he scares the hell out of a lot of Republicans.· Statistics like that scare the hell out of me, and they must scare a lot of CEOs too.· It scared the hell out of me.· Tornadoes are not fascinating to me; they scare the hell out of me.· There is no stopping planned randomness, and that scares the hell out of us. ► feel/look like hell- He looks like hell and sounds awful, but then, as he's the first to admit, he always did.
- In that case I would peak earlier and higher and then feel like hell for the rest of the day.
► beat/surprise/scare the hell out of somebody- And I said, beats the hell out of me.
- Eddie knows this, and it scares the hell out of her.
- It scared the hell out of me.
- Just to make the move scared the hell out of me.
- Statistics like that scare the hell out of me, and they must scare a lot of CEOs too.
- There is no stopping planned randomness, and that scares the hell out of us.
- Today, he scares the hell out of a lot of Republicans.
- Tornadoes are not fascinating to me; they scare the hell out of me.
► (just) for the hell of it- A lot of rich kids are turning to crime just for the hell of it.
- We used to go out every Saturday night and get drunk, just for the hell of it.
- For the hell of it l do an extra set of bun-twisters on my back, a perennial crowd-pleaser.
- For this interview, talking just for the hell of it, he was immeasurably more relaxed.
- He decided to walk down to the promontory by way of the market, just for the hell of it.
- He didn't really strike her as a particularly nosy person, just wanting to know things for the hell of it.
- I steal things I can't eat, just for the hell of it.
- Slanging matches with Craddock just for the hell of it.
- Why do so many people breed just for the hell of it?
- William Mulholland came to Los Angeles more or less for the hell of it.
► what the hell!- Okay, I'll bet $10 on the Cowboys, what the hell.
► to hell with somebody/something- And to hell with Colonel Smith.
- He was going to meet Cristalena; to hell with it.
- I figured to hell with it.
- I thought, if he's like this, to hell with him.
- So either Berndt had begun to kill her, and to hell with anybody else who got in the way.
- So to hell with the neighbors.
- We both just said, to hell with this.
- Well, to hell with him.
► run/hurt/fight etc like hell- I know he lost his legs first, and then his fingers-he died alone and it hurt like hell.
- I remember running like hell, knowing I was being pursued and looking back for Sarah, who didn't join me.
- I was able to breathe only with the utmost difficulty, and my arm hurt like hell.
- Must have fought like hell to find its niche within the forest, to distinguish itself within the pack.
- My forehead hurt like hell and my body was bruised all over, but no bones were broken.
- Run, North, run; just run like hell.
- Spring sauntered north, but he had to run like hell to keep it as his traveling companion.
- We fought like hell for most of the time.
► like hell/the hell► the something/somebody from hell- And the Weekend from Hell began.
- She had good cause to weep: the Conservative party had just endured the week from hell.
► guilty/shy/mad/angry etc as hell- I was as angry as hell.
- Lucy was shy as hell, and Jay was sure and easy.
- She washed spiders down the plughole, and felt guilty as hell about it.
- Strong, dedicated, skilful, passionate, intelligent and as angry as hell.
- The Jaguar is reported to have crashed in a distant country, mad as hell.
- These people were mad as hell.
- Whenever her family had been mentioned she looked as guilty as hell.
► sure as hell- Alan, if I could get you out of there, I sure as hell would.
- And they sure as hell don't understand any of us.
- But it will sure as hell make him think twice before risking it.
- Goddamn that tune, it sure as hell sounds familiar!
- I as sure as hell don't want it.
- I don't think I scare easily, but I sure as hell scared myself that weekend.
- Not even that low humming sound which I knew sure as hell wasn't the thermostat on the fridge.
- They sure as hell don't need your paper and even less journalists like Steven Wells with his repetitive, egotistical comments!
► give somebody hell- Caroline would give me hell for evermore if she thought I'd mistreated her best friend.
- I'd better go. My wife will give me hell if I'm late home again.
- My mom gave him hell, told him to never say things like that in front of us again.
► get the hell out (of somewhere)- Tell Amy to get the hell out of my house.
- But then I heard some one hollering at me, telling me to get the hell out of there.
- He had already decided to move, he wanted to get the hell out of there.
- I think we should get the hell out of here.
- So I wanted to get the hell out of there.
- The car turning in the road, getting the hell out.
- The men wanted to get the hell out as fast as possible - they were concerned about survival.
- Why on earth didn't I just tell Luke everything and get the hell out?
- You don't wait to pick up personal belongings, you just get the hell out.
► there’ll be hell to pay- If he doesn't do it on time, there'll be hell to pay.
► go to hell and back► all hell broke loose- Debbie told him to shut up, he slapped her, and then all hell broke loose.
- When a fan jumped onto the stage, all hell broke loose.
- A sparrow hawk appeared - and all hell broke loose!
- And then, all hell broke loose.
- But then all hell broke loose, geologically speaking, as increasing numbers of sources for the rock were discovered.
- Journalists woke him up in his bed with the news and, as I suspected, all hell broke loose.
- Not at all bad considering that all hell broke loose in September and the City was rocked by events outside its control.
- She started to strip off, all hell broke loose and he bolted while plain-clothes officers moved in to stage a cover-up.
- What actually happened was that I was as drunk as anybody in the barracks the night all hell broke loose.
- When the story was leaked to the press, all hell broke loose.
► come hell or high water- Come hell or high water, he'd never missed a race and he wasn't going to miss this one.
- I'll be there in time. Don't worry. Come hell or high water.
- I said I'd do it, so I will, come hell or high water.
- My father felt I should stay in my marriage come hell or high water.
- She'd come this far to say her piece and say it she would, come hell or high water.
► go to hell in a handbasket- The education system in this state has gone to hell in a handbasket.
► hell’s bells► play (merry) hell with something- Ace's proximity was playing hell with her hormones.
- Strangulation was all very well, but it played merry hell with the eyeballs.
► raise hell- The kids can go in the den and raise hell without bothering us.
- It raises hell across the land.
- Now she raised hell with him about the letter in the paper.
- They raised hell for three weeks.
► what/how/why/where etc the hell?- She admits there are no jobs and wonders what the hell she is doing.
- What the hell does the reaction matter if you want to do it?
- What the hell was he talking about?
- What the hell was she playing at?
- Where the hell have you been?
- Why the hell couldn't you have told us?
- Wondering what the hell he's up to.
► run/go hell for leather► hell on wheels- Sean is an angelic little baby, but Sara is hell on wheels.
► when hell freezes over► catch hell- That boy's going to catch hell when he gets home.
- Emilio, no worse than any of the others, nevertheless caught hell most often.
► a/one hell of a something- It was one hell of a party.
- Ray's a hell of a salesman.
- She's drinking a hell of a lot these days.
- But that's probably because the firm was in a hell of a mess when he took over.
- DEVIL-MAY-CARE actress Liz Hurley made a hell of a Beelzeboob at a charity fashion bash.
- It's a hell of a game.
- It had one hell of a noise, too, if you were close to it.
- It would do everyone a hell of a lot of good to hear you.
- That's a hell of a way to go, I say.
- They had a hell of a time finding adequate housing.
- We rode on to Safford, hit a bar and had a hell of a good time.
► go to hell!- Don't answer the phone - he can go to hell!
► like a bat out of hell- I drove like a bat out of hell to the hospital.
- They took off like a bat out of hell for Tan Son Nhut.
► not stand/have a cat in hell’s chance (of doing something)► a living hell- My life has been a living hell since the attack.
- The last two and a half weeks have been a living hell.
- By lunchtime, everyone would know, and they would make her life a living hell after that.
- If life in the South was corrupt and callous, in the North it was a living hell.
- It's just a living hell.
- Serving in the Danuese battalions was a living hell.
- That first call had been the start of a campaign of intimidation that had transformed Polly's life into a living hell.
- The brave heroes returned to an epidemic of influenza which all but carried off those who had survived a living hell.
► the devil/hell to pay► raise hell- It raises hell across the land.
- Now she raised hell with him about the letter in the paper.
- They raised hell for three weeks.
► raise hell/Cain- He spent his teenage years raising hell and stealing cars.
- It raises hell across the land.
- Now she raised hell with him about the letter in the paper.
- They raised hell for three weeks.
► rot in hell/jail- As far as they're concerned we could rot in jail.
- I just hope the people who did this rot in hell.
- Let them rot in hell first!
- Lutz gon na rot in hell.
► not have a snowball’s chance in hell► (as) sure as hell- I'm sure as hell not gonna do it.
- Alan, if I could get you out of there, I sure as hell would.
- And they sure as hell don't understand any of us.
- But it will sure as hell make him think twice before risking it.
- Goddamn that tune, it sure as hell sounds familiar!
- I as sure as hell don't want it.
- I don't think I scare easily, but I sure as hell scared myself that weekend.
- Not even that low humming sound which I knew sure as hell wasn't the thermostat on the fridge.
- They sure as hell don't need your paper and even less journalists like Steven Wells with his repetitive, egotistical comments!
1when you die [uncountable] (also Hell) the place where the souls of bad people are believed to be punished after death, especially in the Christian and Muslim religions2suffering [singular, uncountable] a place or situation in which people suffer very much, either physically or emotionally: War is hell. My mother made my life hell. These past few days have been a living hell. She must have gone through hell every day, the way we teased her about her weight.pure/absolute/sheer etc hell They described the war zone as sheer hell. He says his time in jail was hell on earth.3unpleasant situation [singular, uncountable] informal a situation, experience, or place that is very unpleasant: The traffic was hell this morning.pure/absolute/sheer etc hell ‘How was your exam?’ ‘Sheer hell!’4what/how/why/where etc the hell? spoken not polite used to show that you are very surprised or angry: · How the hell are we going to do that?5a/one hell of a something spoken not polite used to emphasize the idea that something is very big, very good, very bad etc: · I’ve come one hell of a long way to get here.· Envy like yours is a hell of a good motive for murder.6go to hell! spoken not polite used when you are very angry with someone: · If John doesn’t like it, he can go to hell!7feel/look like hell spoken not polite to feel or look very ill or tired: · I’ve been feeling like hell all week.8beat/surprise/scare the hell out of somebody informal not polite to beat, surprise etc someone very much: · We have only one aim: to beat the hell out of the opposition.9(just) for the hell of it spoken not polite for no serious reason, or only for fun: · They shot people just for the hell of it.10what the hell! spoken not polite used to say that you will do something and not worry about any problems it causes: · Elaine poured herself a large glass of whisky – what the hell, it was Christmas.11to hell with somebody/something spoken not polite used to say that you do not care about someone or something anymore: I want to live for the present, and to hell with the consequences.12run/hurt/fight etc like hell informal not polite to run, fight etc very quickly or very much: My new shoes hurt like hell.13like hell/the hell spoken not polite used to say that you do not agree with what someone has said: · ‘You keep out of this, Ma.’ ‘Like hell I will.’14the something/somebody from hell informal not polite something or someone that is the worst you can imagine: She was the flatmate from hell. It was the holiday from hell.15guilty/shy/mad/angry etc as hell spoken not polite very guilty, shy etc: If I had your problems, I’d be mad as hell.16sure as hell spoken not polite used to emphasize that something is true: · I don’t scare easily, but I was sure as hell scared.17give somebody hell informal not polite to treat someone in an unpleasant or angry way: She didn’t like him, and gave him hell at the slightest opportunity.18get the hell out (of somewhere) informal not polite to leave a place quickly and suddenly: · Let’s get the hell out of here!19there’ll be hell to pay spoken not polite used to say that people will be very angry: · If they find us there’ll be hell to pay.20go to hell and back to go through a very difficult situation: I’d go to hell and back for that boy.21all hell broke loose informal not polite used to say that people suddenly become very noisy or angry: · Journalists woke him with the news and all hell broke loose.22come hell or high water informal not polite in spite of any problems or difficulties: I decided I would get the job done by Friday, come hell or high water.23go to hell in a handbasket American English informal not polite if a system or organization has gone to hell in a handbasket, it has stopped working well and is now working very badly: · The education system in this country has gone to hell in a handbasket.24hell’s bells (also hell’s teeth British English) spoken old-fashioned used to express great annoyance or surprise25play (merry) hell with something British English informal to make something stop working or happening as it should: The cold weather played hell with the weekend sports schedule.26raise hell informal not polite to protest strongly and angrily about a situation27run/go hell for leather informal not polite to run as fast as possible28hell on wheels American English informal not polite someone who does exactly what they want and does not care what happens as a result.29when hell freezes over informal not polite used to say that something will never happen30catch hell American English spoken not polite to be blamed or punished: · You’ll catch hell when your Mom comes home! → not a hope in hell (of doing something) at hope2(3)hell1 nounhell2 interjection hellhell2 interjection not polite  ► hurt like hell informal (=hurt very much) My shoulder hurts like hell. ► (as) mad as hell (=a rude way of saying very angry) ► pure hell· He has described this period as ‘pure hell’. ► ran like hell He picked up the child and ran like hell (=ran very quickly, especially in order to escape). ► scare the life/living daylights/hell etc out of somebody (=scare someone very much) The alarm scared the hell out of me. ► like a bat out of hell- I drove like a bat out of hell to the hospital.
- They took off like a bat out of hell for Tan Son Nhut.
► not stand/have a cat in hell’s chance (of doing something)► a living hell- My life has been a living hell since the attack.
- The last two and a half weeks have been a living hell.
- By lunchtime, everyone would know, and they would make her life a living hell after that.
- If life in the South was corrupt and callous, in the North it was a living hell.
- It's just a living hell.
- Serving in the Danuese battalions was a living hell.
- That first call had been the start of a campaign of intimidation that had transformed Polly's life into a living hell.
- The brave heroes returned to an epidemic of influenza which all but carried off those who had survived a living hell.
► the devil/hell to pay► raise hell- It raises hell across the land.
- Now she raised hell with him about the letter in the paper.
- They raised hell for three weeks.
► raise hell/Cain- He spent his teenage years raising hell and stealing cars.
- It raises hell across the land.
- Now she raised hell with him about the letter in the paper.
- They raised hell for three weeks.
► rot in hell/jail- As far as they're concerned we could rot in jail.
- I just hope the people who did this rot in hell.
- Let them rot in hell first!
- Lutz gon na rot in hell.
► not have a snowball’s chance in hell► (as) sure as hell- I'm sure as hell not gonna do it.
- Alan, if I could get you out of there, I sure as hell would.
- And they sure as hell don't understand any of us.
- But it will sure as hell make him think twice before risking it.
- Goddamn that tune, it sure as hell sounds familiar!
- I as sure as hell don't want it.
- I don't think I scare easily, but I sure as hell scared myself that weekend.
- Not even that low humming sound which I knew sure as hell wasn't the thermostat on the fridge.
- They sure as hell don't need your paper and even less journalists like Steven Wells with his repetitive, egotistical comments!
1used to express anger or annoyance: · Oh hell! I’ve left my purse at home.2used to emphasize a statement: · Well, hell, I don’t know! |