hell mend someone

interjection

Expressing exasperation at someone whose behavior is likely to result in trouble but who will not heed warnings.

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Meanings

interjection
  1. idiomaticvulgarExpressing exasperation at someone whose behavior is likely to result in trouble but who will not heed warnings.

    And then hell mend you. You've never danced in your life, have you? Well, by God, she'll lead you a dance.

    2010, George Friel, A Glasgow Trilogy, →ISBN, page 229
    2 more examples

    'You do not want to look after yourself at all. You want Roderick Peters to look after you. Well, hell mend you, Nicola, hell mend you,' Charlotte snapped ...

    2008, Jessica Stirling, The Fields of Fortune, →ISBN

    Just because he's single he thinks he can do anything he wants with anybody and hell mend him if this latest venture turns sour on him.

    2013, Christine Marion Fraser, Kinvara Wives, →ISBN
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