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Idiom

rot in hell

Meaning

To suffer a fate worse than death.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“He told the criminal to rot in hell.”

“After she discovered his betrayal, she told him he could rot in hell for what he did.”

“The betrayed king looked at his former advisor and cursed him to rot in hell for his unforgivable treason.”

Examples

simple

“He told the criminal to rot in hell.”

contextual

“After she discovered his betrayal, she told him he could rot in hell for what he did.”

complex

“The betrayed king looked at his former advisor and cursed him to rot in hell for his unforgivable treason.”

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