go to hell

English

Etymology

The expression dates back to Old English, where it literally meant to go to Hēl, who was the Goddess of Hell (also called Hēl). It was not an insult. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Verb

go to hell (third-person singular simple present goes to hell, present participle going to hell, simple past went to hell, past participle gone to hell)

Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see go,‎ to,‎ hell.
To go out the window; be ruined; be now useless.
Well, that plan has gone to hell.
Expression of anger and contempt directed at someone, especially after that individual has done something very wrong.
Why did Nancy do that to Jake? She can go to hell.

You want me to voluntarily work the weekend without pay? Go to hell!

Synonyms

(to be ruined or useless): go out the window, go to pot
(go to Hell): go to Halifax
(in imperative): get fucked

Translations

to be ruined, become useless

Chinese:
Mandarin: 失效 (zh) (shixiao)
Danish: gå ad helvede til

Finnish: mennä päin helvettiä
Portuguese: ir por água abaixo, ir ralo abaixo
Swedish: gå åt helvete (sv)

interjection

Chinese:
Mandarin: 去死吧 (qù sǐ ba)
Danish: gå ad helvede til, gå ad Pommern til
Finnish: painu helvettiin
French: aller se faire voir (fr)
Greek: άντε στο διάολο (ánte sto diáolo)
Hebrew: לך לעזאזל‎ (lékh la'azazél)
Hindi: भाड़ में जाओ! (bhāṛ mẽ jāo!), भाड़ में जा! (bhāṛ mẽ jā!)
Hungarian: menj a pokolba
Italian: andare al diavolo, andare a remengo, andare a cagare
Macedonian: о́ди по ѓаво́лите (ódi po ǵavólite) (literally "go to the devils")

Norwegian: dra til helvete (no)
Polish: idź do diabła
Portuguese: vá/vai para o inferno!
Romanian: du-te dracului
Russian: пошёл к чёрту (pošól k čórtu) (to a man), пошла́ к чёрту (pošlá k čórtu) (to a woman), пошли́ к чёрту (pošlí k čórtu) (to a group)
Serbo-Croatian: ideš u pakao n
Spanish: vete al infierno
Swedish: dra åt helvete (sv)
Turkish: cehenneme git
Yiddish: גיי אין דר׳ערד‎ (gey in dr'erd)

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