hell : Idioms & Phrases

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come hell or high water

  • adverb in spite of all obstacles
    no matter what happens; whatever may come.
    • we'll go to Tibet come hell or high water
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gambling hell

  • noun a public building in which a variety of games of chance can be played (operated as a business)
    gaming house; gambling den; gambling house.
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Gates of hell

  • . (Script.) See Gate, n., 4.
Webster 1913

hell dust

  • noun street names for heroin
    skag; nose drops; thunder; big H; smack; scag.
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hell on earth

  • noun any place of pain and turmoil;
    the pits; hellhole; snake pit; hell; inferno.
    • the hell of battle
    • the inferno of the engine room
    • when you're alone Christmas is the pits
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hell raising

  • noun making trouble just for the fun of it
    hell raising.
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hell to pay

  • noun dire consequences
    • when the pig ran away there was hell to pay
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hell's half acre

  • noun a district in Manhattan formerly noted for its slums and vice
    Hell's Half Acre.
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hell's kitchen

  • noun a district in Manhattan formerly noted for its slums and vice
    Hell's Half Acre.
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hell-bent

  • adjective satellite recklessly determined
    • hell-bent on winning
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hell-cat

Hell"-cat ` noun
Definitions
  1. A witch; a hag. Middleton.
Webster 1913

hell-diver

Hell`-div`er noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) The dabchick.
Webster 1913

hell-for-leather

  • adverb at breakneck speed
    • they were travelling hell-for-leather
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hell-haunted

Hell"-haunt`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Haunted by devils; hellish. Dryden.
Webster 1913

hell-kite

  • noun someone who is a very fierce fighter
    gamecock; hell-kite.
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hell-rooster

  • noun someone who is a very fierce fighter
    gamecock; hell-kite.
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like hell

  • adverb with great speed or effort or intensity
    like sin; like the devil; like crazy; like mad; like thunder.
    • drove like crazy
    • worked like hell to get the job done
    • ran like sin for the storm cellar
    • work like thunder
    • fought like the devil
  • adverb used ironically to indicate the opposite of what is stated
    • says he'll help me? Like hell he will!
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raise hell

  • verb take strong and forceful action, as to object or express discontent
    make a stink; raise a stink.
    • She raised hell when she found out that she wold not be hired again
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raising hell

  • noun making trouble just for the fun of it
    hell raising.
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