curtain raiser | any preliminary activity |
hell blaze | noisy and unrestrained mischief, raising blazes |
raising hell hell raising | making trouble just for the fun of it |
sin hell | violent and excited activity, they began to fight like sin |
big H hell dust nose drops smack thunder skag scag | street names for heroin |
gambling house gambling den gambling hell gaming house | a public building in which a variety of games of chance can be played (operated as a business) |
hell to pay | dire consequences, when the pig ran away there was hell to pay |
Hell Hades infernal region netherworld Scheol underworld | (religion) the world of the dead, No one goes to Hades with all his immense wealth-Theognis |
Hell perdition Inferno infernal region nether region pit | (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil, where sinners suffer eternal punishment, Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell- John Milton, a demon from the depths of the pit, Hell is paved with good intentions-Dr. Johnson |
curtain raiser | a short play presented before the main play |
hell blaze | a cause of difficulty and suffering, war is hell, go to blazes |
hell hell on earth hellhole snake pit the pits inferno | any place of pain and turmoil, the hell of battle, the inferno of the engine room, when you're alone Christmas is the pits, |
Hell's Kitchen Hell's Half Acre | a district in Manhattan formerly noted for its slums and vice |
agriculturist agriculturalist cultivator grower raiser | someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil |
hell-kite hellooster gamecock | someone who is a very fierce fighter |
raiser | a bridge partner who increases the partner's bid |
stockman stock raiser stock farmer | farmer who breed or raises livestock |
raise hell make a stink raise a stink | take strong and forceful action, as to object or express discontent, She raised hell when she found out that she wold not be hired again |
hell-bent | recklessly determined, hell-bent on winning |
hell-for-leather | at breakneck speed, they were travelling hell-for-leather |
come hell or high water no matter what happens whatever may come | in spite of all obstacles, we'll go to Tibet come hell or high water |
like hell like mad like crazy like sin like thunder like the devil | with great speed or effort or intensity, 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 |
like hell | used ironically to indicate the opposite of what is stated, says he'll help me? Like hell he will! |