Idiom
hell mend someone
Meaning
Expressing exasperation at someone whose behavior is likely to result in trouble but who will not heed warnings.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“If he ignores the warnings, hell mend him.”
“He refuses to listen to any advice about his spending, so if he ends up broke, hell mend him.”
“She warned him repeatedly about the risks of that reckless investment, but he persisted regardless, and now, if he loses everything, hell mend him.”
Examples
simple
“If he ignores the warnings, hell mend him.”
contextual
“He refuses to listen to any advice about his spending, so if he ends up broke, hell mend him.”
complex
“She warned him repeatedly about the risks of that reckless investment, but he persisted regardless, and now, if he loses everything, hell mend him.”
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