to hell with en · X
Meanings
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(mildly, vulgar) Used to show displeasure or disregard toward the named person or thing.
To hell with this rotten city, to all of it!
Yes, it would be dangerous to get too carried away but right here, right now, to hell with anyone who insists it is time for restraint.
2018 July 3, Daniel Taylor, “England knock Colombia out of World Cup in last-16 penalty shootout”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Jul 2018:"I don't want an elephant's soul, or any soul at all!" he said. For a few moments he sat despondently. Suddenly he jumped to his feet, with his eyes blazing and all the signs of intense cerebral excitement. "To hell with you and your souls!" he shouted. "Why do you plague me about souls? Haven't I got enough to worry, and pain, and distract me already, without thinking of souls!"
1897, Bram Stoker, “Dr. Seward’s Diary”, in Dracula, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library, →OCLC, chapter XX, page 299:
Forms
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Translations (17)
id persetan (used to show displeasure) · es al carajo (used to show displeasure) · fi helvettiin (used to show displeasure) · de zum Teufel (used to show displeasure) · it fanculo (used to show displeasure) · pt foda-se (used to show displeasure) · hu pokolba (used to show displeasure) · cs k čertu (used to show displeasure) · ru к чёрту (used to show displeasure) · es al diablo (used to show displeasure) · ckb قیروسیا (used to show displeasure) · fr au diable (used to show displeasure) · it al diavolo (used to show displeasure) · it abbasso (used to show displeasure) · es a la mierda (used to show displeasure) · pa وَڑْنا (used to show displeasure) · kmr qîrusîra ... kirî (used to show displeasure)