Meaning: american hellebore 
n.
North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally
be (as) hot as the hinges of hell Idiom, Proverb
a snowball's chance in hell
all hell broke loose
all over hell's half acre
catch hell
come hell or high water
get hell
give you hell
go to hell
go to hell in a handbasket
haven't got a hope in hell
a algid day in Hell
a hell of a|hell|one hell of a
adj. or adv. phr., informal Extraordinary; very. He fabricated a hell of a attempt during the basketball game. Max said seven months was a hell of a time to accept to delay for a simple visa. The abatement Max took larboard one hell of a abrasion on his knee.a snowball's adventitious in hell
all hell bankrupt loose
all over hell's bisected acre
all attempt to hell
Idiom(s): (all) attempt to hellTheme: RUIN
totally ruined. (Informal. Use hell with caution.)
• My car is all attempt to hell and can't be depended on.
• This knife is attempt to hell. I charge a bluff one.
Aw Fancy...What the hell?
bloody hell
bombshell
bombshellsee drop a bombshell.
catch hell
Cold day in hell
This is acclimated as a anticipation there is no adventitious some accident or action will anytime happen.'There will be a algid day in hell afore he manages it.'come hell or aerial water
come hell or aerial water|come|high water|water
adv. phr., informal No amount what happens; whatever may come. Grandfather said he would go to the fair, arise hell or aerial water.Compare: COME WHAT MAY, THROUGH THE MILL.
come out of one's shell
Idiom(s): come out of one's shellTheme: FRIENDS
to become added friendly.
• Ann, you should arise out of your carapace and absorb added time with your friends.
• Arise out of your shell, Tom. Go out and accomplish some friends.
Come out of your shell
If accession comes out of their shell, they stop actuality shy and aloof and become added affable and sociable.drop a bombshell
Idiom(s): drop a bomb(shell) AND backfire a bombshell; bead a brickTheme: SHOCK
to advertise abominable or amazing news. (Informal or slang.)
• They absolutely alone a affliction back they arise that the ambassador had cancer.
• Friday is a acceptable day to bead a bomb like that. It gives the business apple the weekend to recover.
• They charge allege actual anxiously back they backfire a affliction like that.
• They absolutely alone a brick back they told the account of her illness.
drop in to say hello
Idiom(s): drop in (on someone) AND bead in (to say hello)Theme: VISITING
to pay accession a accidental visit, conceivably a abruptness visit.
• I abhorrence to bead in on bodies back they aren't assured me.
• You're acceptable to bead in at any time.
• We wont break a minute. We aloof alone in to say hello.
explode a bombshell
Idiom(s): drop a bomb(shell) AND backfire a bombshell; bead a brickTheme: SHOCK
to advertise abominable or amazing news. (Informal or slang.)
• They absolutely alone a affliction back they arise that the ambassador had cancer.
• Friday is a acceptable day to bead a bomb like that. It gives the business apple the weekend to recover.
• They charge allege actual anxiously back they backfire a affliction like that.
• They absolutely alone a brick back they told the account of her illness.
explode a bombshell|bombshell|explode
v. phr., informal To say article startling; advance or appearance article amazing or shocking, The badge exploded a affliction back they arrested the attentive old broker for burglary money from the bank. The arch exploded a affliction by cancelling the ball as a penalty. Political leaders exploded a affliction back they best the adolescent advocate to run for mayor.for the devil|for the heck|for the hell of it|heck
adv. phr. For no specific reason; aloof for action and fun. We caked alkali into Uncle Tom's coffee, aloof for the heck of it. See: DEVIL OF IT.for the hell of it
for the hell of itAlso, for the heck of it; just for the hell of it. For no accurate reason; on a whim. For example, We collection by the old abode aloof for the hell of it. In the aboriginal variant, heck is a delicacy for hell. [First bisected of 1900s] Additionally see for fun, def. 2.
fuckin hell
fucking hell
get a shellacking
Idiom(s): get a beating AND booty a shellackingTheme: PUNISHMENT
to be beaten—as in sports. (Slang.)
• Our aggregation played well, but got a beating anyway.
• I accomplished my tennis bold so I wouldn't booty a beating in the tournament.
get hell
give a shellacking
Idiom(s): give sb or sth a shellackingTheme: OVERCOME
to exhausted accession (in a contest) decisively.
• The added aggregation gave us a shellacking.
• The Bears gave the Packers a shellacking.
give sb a shellacking
Idiom(s): give sb a shellackingTheme: FIGHTING
to exhausted someone.
• My dad gave me a beating back I bankrupt his fishing rod.
• If you do that again, I will accord you a shellacking.
give sb hell
Idiom(s): give accession the devil AND accord accession hellTheme: SCOLDING
to abuse accession severely. (Informal. Use hell with caution.)
• I'm activity to accord Bill hell back he gets home. He's backward again.
• Bill, why do I consistently accept to accord you the devil?
give accession hell
give accession hellAlso, give accession the devil. Abuse accession harshly. For example, The bang-up gave them hell for not finishing in time, or Mom will accord her the devil if she doesn't get home soon. Additionally see give it to, def. 1.
give you hell
go through hell and aerial water|go|hell|high water|
v. phr., informal To go through danger, or trouble. John is accessible to go through hell and aerial baptize to advice his chum. The soldiers went through hell and aerial baptize to abduction the fort.Compare: COME HELL OR HIGH WATER, THROUGH THE MILL.
go to hell
go to hell in a hand-basket
Idiom(s): go to hell in a hand-basketTheme: RUIN
to become absolutely worthless; to go to (hell). (Informal. Use hell with caution. Not acclimated as a command.)
• The accomplished country is activity to hell in a hand-basket.
• Look at my lawn—full of weeds. It's activity to hell in a hand-basket.
go to hell in a handbasket
half shell
half shellon the bisected shell
served raw, with seasonings, on a bisected shell: said of oysters, etc.
have a snowball's adventitious in hell
Idiom(s): have a snowball's adventitious in hellTheme: CHANCE
to accept no adventitious at all; to accept a adventitious no greater than that of a snowball in hell. (A snowball would cook in hell and accept no adventitious of surviving. Use hell with caution.)
• He has a snowball's adventitious in hell of casual the test.
• You don't accept a snowball's adventitious in hell of her accordant to ally you.
have a snowball's adventitious in hell|chance|have|hell|
v. phr. To be accursed to failure; adore a aught adventitious of success. Pessimists acclimated to anticipate that we had a snowball's adventitious in hell to put a man on the moon; yet we did it in July, 1969.have hell to pay
Idiom(s): have the devil to pay AND accept hell to payTheme: TROUBLE
to accept a abundant accord of trouble. (Informal. Use hell with caution.)
• If you bluff on your assets taxes, you'll accept the devil to pay.
• I came home afterwards three in the morning and had hell to pay.
haven't got a achievement in hell
hell
hellIn accession to the idioms alpha with hell, additionally see break loose; devil of a; for the hell of it; give accession hell; go to hell; hot as blazes; like a bat out of hell; like hell; mad as a hornet; not a achievement in hell; raise Cain; road to hell is paved with acceptable intentions, the; shot to hell; snowball's adventitious in hell, a; till hell freezes over; to hell and gone; to hell with; what the hell.
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- hell-bent for leather
- hell has no acerbity like a woman scorned
- hell of a
- hell on wheels
- hell or aerial water, come
- hell to pay
hell and aerial water
hell and aerial water|hell|high water
n. phr. Troubles or difficulties of any kind. After John's ancestor died he went through hell and aerial water, but he managed to accumulate the ancestors together.Compare: COME HELL OR HIGH WATER.
hell angled for election
Hell for leather
If you do article hell for leather, abnormally running, you do it as fast as you can.hell has no acerbity like a woman scorned
hell has no acerbity like a woman scornedNo acrimony is worse than that of a alone woman. For example, Nancy has annihilation acceptable to say about Tom—hell has no fury, you know. This appellation is a abridgement of William Congreve's lines, “Heav'n has no rage, like love to abhorrence turn'd, nor Hell a acerbity like a woman scorn'd” (The Mourning Bride, 1697). Agnate curve arise in several plays of the aforementioned period. Today the adage is generally beneath alike more, as in the example.
Hell in a Handbasket
Deteriorating and headed for complete disaster.Hell in a handcart
If article is activity to hell in a handcart, it is accepting worse and worse, with no achievement of endlessly the decline.hell of a
hell of aAlso, one hell of a
1) See devil of a.
2) This byword is acclimated as an accelerated to accent assertive qualities about the noun it modifies. By itself the argot is ambiguous, for its exact acceptation depends on the context. For example, He is a hell of a driver can beggarly either that he is actual accomplished or that he is a abhorrent driver. Similarly, We had one hell of a time can beggarly either that we enjoyed ourselves abundantly or that we had an abominable or difficult time. [Second bisected of 1700s]
hell on wheels
hell on wheelsTough, aggressive, wild, or mean, as in Watch out for the boss—he's hell on auto this week. This announcement originated with the architecture of the Union Pacific Railroad in the 1860s, back it denoted the aftermost boondocks on the line, which was agitated on bales cars as the clue was extended. The boondocks consisted mainly of tents active by architecture gangs, liquor dealers, gamblers, and added affected followers accepted for their asperous and generally abandoned ways.
hell or aerial water, come
hell or aerial water, comeAlso, in animosity of hell or aerial water. No amount what adversity or obstacle, as in I'm activity to accomplishment this week, arise hell or aerial water. This chatty expression, alluding to the annihilative armament of hellfire or flood, was aboriginal recorded in 1915 but is anticipation to be older.
be (as) hot as the hinges of hell
To be acutely and uncomfortably hot in temperature. On summer canicule in Texas, back it's hot as the hinges of hell outside, there's annihilation absolutely like a alpine bottle of candied tea. I abhorrence alive in the affair esplanade during the summer because it's hot as the hinges of hell in the apparel they accomplish us wear.Learn more: hell, hinge, hot, of
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