From hell
adjectival phrase
Word Origin
slang
adjective phrase
Accursed; wretched; infernal: they struck on the title ”Zarda, Cow from Hell”/ a certified, notarized, top-of-the-line day from hell
[1980s+; popularized by a comedian named Richard Lewis]
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adverb phrase from the git-go: He was lying from jump street (1970s+)
- Fromm
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- From nothing
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- From the cradle to the grave
From birth to death, throughout life, as in This health plan will cover you from cradle to grave. Richard Steele used the term in The Tatler (1709): “A modest fellow never has a doubt from his cradle to his grave.” [ c. 1700 ]
- From the git-go
adverb phrase From the very beginning: It was his bust from the git-go/ Right from the get-go he came out smoking. It all went down in milliseconds [fr black; perhaps based on from the word go, found by 1883]