Idiom
rain fire and brimstone
Meaning
To send horror or destruction.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The angry boss rained fire and brimstone on the lazy team.”
“When the scandal broke, the media rained fire and brimstone upon the politician for his dishonest behavior.”
“The ancient prophecy warned that if the king ignored his duties, the heavens would rain fire and brimstone upon his kingdom.”
Examples
simple
“The angry boss rained fire and brimstone on the lazy team.”
contextual
“When the scandal broke, the media rained fire and brimstone upon the politician for his dishonest behavior.”
complex
“The ancient prophecy warned that if the king ignored his duties, the heavens would rain fire and brimstone upon his kingdom.”
Origin
A reference to the The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1611, →OCLC, Psalms 11:6: “Upon the wicked hee [God] shall raine snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.”
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