to hell with

English

Phrase

to hell with

  1. Used to show displeasure or disregard toward the named person or thing.
    • 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula Chapter 20
      "I don't want an elephant's soul, or any soul at all!" he said. For a few moments he sat despondently. Suddenly he jumped to his feet, with his eyes blazing and all the signs of intense cerebral excitement. "To hell with you and your souls!" he shouted. "Why do you plague me about souls? Haven't I got enough to worry, and pain, to distract me already, without thinking of souls?"
    • 2018 July 3, Daniel Taylor, “England knock Colombia out of World Cup in last-16 penalty shootout”, in The Guardian‎:
      Yes, it would be dangerous to get too carried away but right here, right now, to hell with anyone who insists it is time for restraint.
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