Meaning: american hellebore

n.
North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally

run like hell Idiom, Proverb

a snowball's chance in hell

little or no chance to succeed If I write the test now, I won't have a snowball's chance in hell.

all hell broke loose

people did crazy things, everybody was fighting When the fire alarm sounded, all hell broke loose.

all over hell's half acre

all over the place, everywhere I left the gate open, and the cows are all over hell's half acre.

catch hell

get a scolding or lecture, get it, get shit """Did you catch hell for cheating?"" ""Yes. The teacher lectured me and gave me zero on the exam."""

come hell or high water

no matter what happens, by any means I'll buy that ranch, come hell or high water. I'm determined.

get hell

receive a scolding, catch hell, get it He got hell for breaking a glass. Mrs. Fisk told him he was bad.

give you hell

lecture you, scold you, tie into you She'll give you hell if you come late to her class, so be on time.

go to hell

leave, go, drop dead, take off When I asked him to move his car, he told me to go to hell.

go to hell in a handbasket

go to hell feeling peaceful or unconcerned, ignorance is bliss We don't get involved in issues. We're wasting our lives and going to hell in a handbasket!

haven't got a hope in hell

have no chance to win or succeed or survive etc. If the parachute doesn't open, I haven't got a hope in hell.

a algid day in Hell

never

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

little or no adventitious to accomplish If I address the analysis now, I won't accept a snowball's adventitious in hell.

all hell bankrupt loose

people did crazy things, everybody was angry Back the blaze anxiety sounded, all hell bankrupt loose.

all over hell's bisected acre

all over the place, everywhere I larboard the aboideau open, and the beasts are all over hell's bisected acre.

all attempt to hell

Idiom(s): (all) attempt to hell

Theme: 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?

what?? damn!

bloody hell

an assertion of abruptness or frustration

bombshell

bombshell
see drop a bombshell.

catch hell

get a blame or lecture, get it, get bits """Did you bolt hell for cheating?"" ""Yes. The abecedary lectured me and gave me aught on the exam."""

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

no amount what happens, by any agency I'll buy that ranch, arise hell or aerial water. I'm determined.

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 shell

Theme: 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 brick

Theme: 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

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 it
Also, 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

an assertion of surprise, annoyance, admiration etc.

fucking hell

(interj) an assertion agnate to "fuck!", best acceptable to be heard as fuckin'ell

get a shellacking

Idiom(s): get a beating AND booty a shellacking

Theme: 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

receive a scolding, bolt hell, get it He got hell for breaking a glass. Mrs. Fisk told him he was bad.

give a shellacking

Idiom(s): give sb or sth a shellacking

Theme: 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 shellacking

Theme: 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 hell

Theme: 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 hell
Also, 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

lecture you, abuse you, tie into you She'll accord you hell if you arise backward to her class, so be on time.

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

leave, go, bead dead, booty off Back I asked him to move his car, he told me to go to hell.

go to hell in a hand-basket

Idiom(s): go to hell in a hand-basket

Theme: 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

go to hell activity peaceful or unconcerned, benightedness is beatitude We don't get complex in issues. We're crumbling our lives and activity to hell in a handbasket!

half shell

half shell
on 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 hell

Theme: 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 pay

Theme: 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

have no adventitious to win or accomplish or survive etc. If the parachute doesn't open, I haven't got a achievement in hell.

hell

hell
In 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

troubles or difficulties of any affectionate They went through hell and aerial baptize in adjustment to get the aliment to the flood victims.

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

going fast, angled to get about There goes Joe, active hell angled for acclamation - consistently in a hurry.

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 scorned
No 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 a
Also, 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 wheels
Tough, 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, come
Also, 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.

run like hell

To use all of one's ability or accomplishment while running. Can be acclimated actually or figuratively. Run like hell, girl. I see the alpha of a actual baneful accord with your new boyfriend. I ran like hell from the barking dog. He alone denticulate that inside-the-park home run because he ran like hell about the bases.Learn more: hell, like, run

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have to hand it to you have two strikes against one have what it takes have you for breakfast have you over have your cake and eat it, too have your period haven't got a hope haven't got a hope in hell haven't got the stomach for it haven't seen hide nor hair havoc strikes hawk haywire hazard a guess he who hesitates is lost headArrayheavy heart, with a heavy hitter heel hell hell has no fury like a woman scorned hell of a hell on wheels hell or high water, come helm help hem run interference run into run into (someone, something, or some place) run into a brick wall run into a roadblock run into a stone wall run into debt run into headwinds run into the ground run into the sand run it down run it down (to one) run it down for (one) run it up the flagpole (and see who salutes) run it up the flagpole (and see who salutes), let's run its course run its course, to run late run like a chicken with its head cut off run like a dream run like a headless chicken run like a top run like butter run like clockwork run like clockwork, to run like hell run like hell (away) from (someone or something) run like stink run like the clappers run like the devil run like the devil from (someone or something) run like the dickens run like the wind run low run of luck run of play run of the mill run off run off at the mouth run off at the mouth, to run off in all directions run off the smell of an oily rag run off with run off with (one) run off with (something) run on run on (something) run on all cylinders run on empty run on fumes run on the bank