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hell on earth

NOUN
living death
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Running the NHS on a tight budget would be "hell on earth", she said in 2022.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2024

"As far as the pain and bleeding went, it was amazing. But the menopausal symptoms, physically and emotionally, was hell on earth," she said.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2024

Three decades after a national publication probed the city’s ills, we gathered a panel of Angelenos to ponder the age-old question: Is Los Angeles hell on earth?

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 24, 2024

One former Perth and Kinross postmaster, who was wrongly accused of stealing £17,500 during the Horizon scandal, said he was put through "hell on earth".

From BBC Jan. 8, 2024

I trembled with fear as we passed through those gates of hell on earth.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson




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