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(all) shot to hell (all) shot to hellRuined, worn out, or in very poor condition, especially as a result of misuse or mishandling. After dropping my phone so many times, the screen is all shot to hell. I'm sorry, what's your name again? My memory is shot to hell these days. Our project has been shot to hell now that the budgets have been cut across the company.See also: hell, shotshot to hellWorn out, ruined, as in This carpet is shot to hell, or My privacy's been shot to hell, what with all these reporters. This term alludes to being shot by gunfire. [Slang; late 1800s] See also: hell, shotshot to hell mod. ruined; decimated. (An elaboration of shot.) This thing is shot to hell. Let’s get a new one. See also: hell, shotshot to hellHopelessly ruined; completely worn out. This term once meant literally destroyed by gunfire, but by the late nineteenth century it was clearly figurative. Ernest Hemingway used it in the short story Fiesta (1926): “That meant San Sebastian all shot to hell.”See also: hell, shot |