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Hell on earth   /hɛl ɑn ərθ/   Listen
Hell on earth

noun
1.
Any place of pain and turmoil.  Synonyms: hell, hellhole, inferno, snake pit, the pits.  "The inferno of the engine room" , "When you're alone Christmas is the pits"






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"Hell on earth" Quotes from Famous Books



... that noble nation. Every evil passion bred of despotism, of theological hatred, of rancorous ancient enmities, and the ghastliest official corruption, have combined in Russian action for more than one hundred and fifty years, to turn Poland into a hell on earth. Her very language ...
— The Knights of the Cross • Henryk Sienkiewicz

... I've been telling you, is bad enough, God knows; but it will be worse before it is better. After we've had a few pay-days, and the men begin to realize that they are here to toil and to be robbed ... Kenneth, it will be hell on earth; and the company will pay for it—the company always pays ...
— Empire Builders • Francis Lynde

... You prayed for me just as mother used to, and you didn't seem to take 'count of the fact that I was ragged and tough-looking and more than half drunk when I rang your door bell. Oh, what a life I've lived! The saloon has housed me and homed me and made hell on earth for me. But that prayer stuck to me all the time. My promise not to drink was broken into a thousand pieces inside of two Sundays, and I lost the job you found for me and landed in a police station two days ...
— In His Steps • Charles M. Sheldon



Words linked to "Hell on earth" :   region, inferno, snake pit, hellhole, part, hell



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