to rot in hell
19
9.7
- idiom
- Offensive
:
pudrirse en el infierno
- I hope you rot in hell.
- hope you rot in hell
- let them rot in hell
- fucking rot in hell
And my mom was like, yeah, I was like, so that guy, the sweaty dude in the khaki suit told me that she's going to burn and rot in hell.
- And my mom was like, yeah, I was like, so that guy, the sweaty dude in the khaki suit told me that she's going to burn and rot in hell.
Examples
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You'll rot in hell for what you've done.
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You are gonna rot in hell!
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And you will rot in hell.
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Some will rot in hell!
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That man can rot in hell for all I care.
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May they rot in hell!
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I hope you rot in hell!
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May you rot in hell!
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Hope you all rot in hell.
Blog text (1) -
I hope you rot in hell for the pain you've caused me.
Synonyms
67
9.5
Tell someone angrily that you do not care about them
38
9.6
Say that you want someone to suffer forever after they die
26
8.9
Angrily tell someone to go away and never come back
Antonyms
How Hostile
- Offensive
19
9.7
- Offensive
67
9.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning — wishing someone to suffer or be punished in the afterlife — follows directly from combining 'rot' (to decay) + 'in' (location) + 'hell' (realm of suffering). Although it is a strong, culturally loaded curse, the composition is literal and predictable; many languages use similar constructions, so a B1 learner who knows the component words will readily infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
Rot in hell joins rot, meaning 'to become rotten', and hell, meaning 'a place of punishment'. It paints a harsh picture of someone slowly becoming rotten in a place of pain, so it is used as a strong curse meaning 'to wish someone great suffering or punishment'.