bloody hell

alternative bloody 'ell

1. CommonwealthinformalrareregionalAn expression of dismay, disgust, anger, surprise etc.

   Bloody hell! My team lost again!

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   Bloody hell! Where did you come from, scaring me like that!

   He's not really eating those, is he? Bloody hell! That's disgusting!

   Bloody hell, there was little wonder he was distracted. In the past few hours, he had endured more shocks than he had in centuries.

   2006, Alexandra Ivy, When Darkness Comes, page 32

   Bloody hell! To hell with Milner. No, Oom Paul said after each new concession, no, no further. Send the troops, Alfred Milner said.

   2007, Ingrid Winterbach, translated by Elsa Silke, To Hell with Cronjé, page 55

   “Bloody hell,” she moaned. “Bloody hell, bloody hell.” Though her hands were trembling, she managed to reload the crossbow just as Sue had told her; then she began to shakily run towards where she thought the sound had come from.

   2007, L. H. Maynard, M. P. N. Sims, Demon Eyes, page 145

   Synonyms: fucking hell, bleeding hell, chuffing hell, ruddy hell, bloody heck, bleeding heck, flipping heck, bloody Nora

alternative bloody 'ell

1. Commonwealthinformalnot comparablerareregionalPlaced after an interrogative term to add emphasis.

   What the bloody hell are you doing here?

   Synonyms: the dickens