| 单词 | to go to hell and back |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go to (also through) hell and back (again) j. to go to (also through) hell and back (again) and variants: to endure a highly distressing experience; to go through a very difficult time, sometimes with the implication of having survived the experience (relatively) unscathed. Cf. to hell and back (again) at Phrases 4f. ΚΠ 1863 Ladies' Repository June 325/2 When accosted he affirmed that the horses had broken out, and that if they broke out again he would dog them to hell and back again. 1899 W. L. Sawyer Local Habitation xii. 200 I can tell you how to achieve a great novel... Go through hell and back again, and write the story in your own heart's blood. 1902 R. H. Davis Ranson's Folly 202 He had been to hell and back again in twenty minutes. 1963 I. Howe World more Attractive 100 He..had been to hell and back, many times over. 1989 M. Richler Solomon Gursky was Here (1990) v. 164 Nick and I have been through hell and back again together. Sweeping Normandy clean of Nazi punks. 2006 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 21 May 31 She has..been to hell and back with drink, drugs and turbulent relationships. < as lemmas |
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