hell (redirected from giving hell)

*hell and *the devil 

1. Inf. a severe scolding. (*Typically: get ~ catch ~ give someone ∼. Use caution with hell.) The boss just gave me hell about it. I'm really going to give Tom hell when he gets home.

2. Inf. trouble; pain. (*Typically: give someone ∼. Use caution with hell.) My arthritis is giving me hell in this weather. This problem is giving us hell at the office.

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a hell of a a hell of a lot of a hell of a mess a living hell all hell breaks loose all hell broke loose all over creation as hell be hell on wheels be hell-bent on be shot to hell beat the hell out of catch hell come hell or high water fight like hell for the devil of it for the hell of it frighten the hell out of from hell from hell to breakfast get the hell out get the hell out of give hell Give them hell! go hell for leather go through hell go to hell go to hell in a bucket go to hell in a handbasket Go to hell!

have a cat in hell's chance have a chance in hell have a snowball's chance in hell have been to hell and back have the devil to pay He that would go to sea for pleasure, would go to hell for a pastime hell hell around hell breaks loose Hell hath no fury Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned hell of a note hell on a holiday hell on earth hell on wheels hell to pay hell with that! Hell's bells! hell-bent for hell-bent for leather hot as fire It'll be a cold day in hell knock the hell out of like a bat out of hell like hell like hell and high lightning like the devil mad as a hornet not have a chance in hell not have a snowball's chance in hell and not a hope in hell

play hell play hell with put through hell quicker than hell raise hell raise the devil road to hell is paved with good intentions scare the hell out of see in hell before shoot to hell shot full of holes sure as hell the [child, etc.] from hell The hell you say! The road to hell is paved with good intentions There will be hell to pay there'll be hell to pay through hell and high water till hell freezes over to hell and gone to hell with until hell freezes over What the devil? what the hell What the hell? Who the hell? would see in hell before would You scared the hell out of me