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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

The parents of missing student Jack O'Sullivan say they are living in "hell on earth" without him.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 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

Nothing in her experience—her difficult childhood, her previous work with injured patients—had prepared her for this kind of hell on earth.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge




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