go through hell

go through hell

To suffer through something extremely unpleasant, often for a prolonged period of time. Jennifer has gone through hell with all of her family issues this year, so please take that into consideration. I feel like we had to go through hell to get here, since all of our flights were either delayed or canceled.See also: go, hell, through

go through hell

COMMON If you go through hell, you have a very difficult or unpleasant time. We were going through hell thinking he might not survive. His solicitor said that he had been through 10 months of hell. Note: You can say that someone puts you through hell if they do things that make your life difficult or unpleasant. In her teens she put her family through hell.See also: go, hell, through