as all hell
English
Adverb
- (simile) To a great extent or degree; very.
- 1951, J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Bantam Books 1984 ed., →ISBN, page 205,
- I'd make her calm down, and then I'd go over to the other side of the living room and take out this cigarette case and light a cigarette, cool as all hell.
- 2004, Kate Cann, Spanish Holiday: Or, How I Transformed the Worst Vacation Ever Into the Best Summer of My Life, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 72,
- Her husband puts both hands on her shoulders, and she rubs her face against first one hand, then the other, sensuous as all hell.
- 1951, J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Bantam Books 1984 ed., →ISBN, page 205,
Usage notes
May also be used in conjunction with a prepositive as; for example, as mean as all hell.
Synonyms
- as anything
- as hell
- (vulgar) as fuck
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