blow to kingdom come

blow to king·dom come
UK/ˈbləʊ tə ˌkɪŋdəm ˈkʌm/US/ˈbloʊ tə ˌkɪŋdəm ˈkʌm/US[-ɾə-]

verb

To totally destroy (something); to annihilate or wipe out (something), often via an explosion.

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Meanings

verbblow to kingdom come (third-person singular simple present blows to kingdom come, present participle blowing to kingdom come, simple past blew to kingdom come, past participle blown to kingdom come)

present singular third person blows to kingdom come · participle present blowing to kingdom come · past blew to kingdom come · participle past blown to kingdom come

  1. idiomatictransitiveTo totally destroy (something); to annihilate or wipe out (something), often via an explosion.

    If this gas ignites, it'll blow you to kingdom come, you venal viper!

    1966 January 13, Lorenzo Semple Jr., “Smack in the Middle”, in Robert Butler, director, Batman, season 1, episode 2, spoken by Batman (Adam West), via American Broadcasting Company
    1 more example

    The hostages were trembling when they heard a man exclaim / “Let’s blow this place to kingdom come, let Con Edison take the blame”

    1976, Jacques Levy, Bob Dylan, “Joey”, in Desire, performed by Bob Dylan

Origin

From blow (“to cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed”) + to + kingdom come (“place that one will go to after one’s death, afterlife; death; state of complete annihilation; heaven or paradise”). Kingdom come is derived from the phrase “Thy kingdom come” from the Lord’s Prayer which is recorded in Matthew 6:9–13 and Luke 11:2–4 in the Bible: see, for example, Matthew 6:10 in the King James Version (spelling modernized): “Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, in earth, as it is in heaven.” By these sentences, Jesus seeks the establishment of the rule of God the Father over the Earth in the future.

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Translations

French démolir, mettre en pièces
  • démolirto totally destroy (something) — see also annihilate, wipe out
  • mettre en piècesto totally destroy (something) — see also annihilate, wipe out
  • ruinerto totally destroy (something) — see also annihilate, wipe out
German ins Jenseits befördern, ausradieren
  • ins Jenseits befördernto totally destroy (something) — see also annihilate, wipe out
  • ausradierento totally destroy (something) — see also annihilate, wipe out
Polish zetrzeć z powierzchni ziemi
  • zetrzeć z powierzchni ziemito totally destroy (something) — see also annihilate, wipe out
Russian стереть с лица земли
  • стереть с лица земли (steretʹ s lica zemli)to totally destroy (something) — see also annihilate, wipe out
Spanish aventar a la olvidanza, reducir a escombros
  • aventar a la olvidanzato totally destroy (something) — see also annihilate, wipe out
  • reducir a escombrosto totally destroy (something) — see also annihilate, wipe out

Rhymes & wordplay

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Chicago

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