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Meanings
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(emphatic, intensifier) In a manner that uses all of the strength, speed, or effort that a person can summon.
He had an innate honesty and humility, a work ethic that elevated him above most others in England. He knew what he wanted and worked like hell to try to make it happen.
2018 May 4, Tom English, “Steven Gerrard: A 'seriously clever or recklessly stupid' Rangers appointment”, in BBC Sport:You'd better run like hell!
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Used ironically to express the opposite of one's intentions
Me do the washing up? Like hell I will!
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Bad or badly.
It stank like hell down there!
Eat something, for God's sake. You look like hell.
2015 November 23, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, “Dulcinea”, in The Expanse, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Octavia Muss:You look like hell!
Relateds
the hell you say · the hell · as hell · like a bat out of hell · like heck · like buggery
Synonyms
my eye · my thigh · like fuck (ironic negator) · my foot · bullshit · my arse · my butt · my ass
Translations (29)
fr à donf (using all strength, speed, effort that one can summon) · ru чёрта с два (expressing the opposite of one's intentions) · pl jak cholera (using all strength, speed, effort that one can summon) · pl jak diabli (using all strength, speed, effort that one can summon) · fr même pas en rêve (expressing the opposite of one's intentions) · pt o tanas (expressing the opposite of one's intentions) · pt o caraças (expressing the opposite of one's intentions) · fr le diable aux trousses (using all strength, speed, effort that one can summon) · pl nie ma mowy (expressing the opposite of one's intentions) · sv som fan (using all strength, speed, effort that one can summon) · fr à mort (using all strength, speed, effort that one can summon) · sv så in i helvete (using all strength, speed, effort that one can summon) · hu pokolian (using all strength, speed, effort that one can summon) · it a palla (using all strength, speed, effort that one can summon) · sv som fan (bad or badly) · es a huevo que (expressing the opposite of one's intentions) · pl okropnie (bad or badly) · fr le diable aux cul (using all strength, speed, effort that one can summon) · fr à fond la caisse (using all strength, speed, effort that one can summon) · it col cazzo (expressing the opposite of one's intentions) · fi helvetisti (using all strength, speed, effort that one can summon) · cs to určitě (expressing the opposite of one's intentions) · fr mon cul (expressing the opposite of one's intentions) · fr le diable aux chausses (using all strength, speed, effort that one can summon) · cs tos uhod (expressing the opposite of one's intentions) · fr c'est mort (expressing the opposite of one's intentions) · it a pieno regime (using all strength, speed, effort that one can summon) · sv i helvete heller (expressing the opposite of one's intentions) · pt o escambau (expressing the opposite of one's intentions)