单词 | to get hell |
释义 | > as lemmasto get hell i. to get hell: to be severely punished; to be reprimanded. Similarly (chiefly North American) to catch hell. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (intransitive)] > be rebuked or scolded to hear of it1598 to get on (also upon) the finger ends1693 to get one's lug in one's loof1744 to get wrong1803 to catch or get Jesse1839 to come in for it1841 to get hell1851 to cop (also stop, catch, get, etc.) a packet1916 to have a strip torn off1940 1851 Rep. Great Conspiracy Case 75 He heard..that the company would be glad by and by to pay up for cattle, or if they did not they would ‘catch hell’. 1876 W. E. Smith Diary in S. L. Smith Sagebrush Soldier (1989) 101 I now expected to git hell all a round. 1938 E. Bowen Death of Heart iii. iv. 382 ‘I was using the telephone in Miss Paullie's study, and she came in and caught me.’.. ‘So then you got hell, I suppose.’ 1970 G. Scott-Heron Vulture iii. 132 We don't catch hell because we are from Brooklyn or the Bronx. We catch hell because we are black. 1993 S. Brucan Wasted Generation xi. 193 I was getting hell from both sides. < as lemmas |
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