fucking hell
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9.9
- idiom
- Offensive
- What the fucking hell am I doing here?
- Oh, fucking hell
- Fucking hell, man
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Watch on YouTubeThey're all like, fucking hell, what's going on here?
- They're all like, fucking hell, what's going on here?
- And I was like, fucking hell, Oh my fuck.
- But yeah, bro, fucking hell, it's, it's mad.
- I mean fucking hell, because it's me.
- And I thought, fucking hell, got to get into this bud.
- And they all went, oh fucking hell, Grace, that is, that is something.
- And I'm thinking to myself, fucking hell, you've gone there to be punished.
- So fucking hell, do you know what you unwittingly made?
- And I said fucking hell, look, I know this bloke.
- And it's you kind of break your opponent's heart, you know, they think, fucking hell, what's this?
- I mean even a tonne of cash, it's like fucking hell.
- I'll get my hands up as a young kid now, fucking hell, I need a handbag.
- And and how long did it take before you hit that a point where you thought, fucking hell, this is this is going really well.
- There'll be a lot of people listening who do yoga and they're thinking, oh fucking hell, Mark's rumbled me there.
- They would sip it and be like I'm so shut up bro, dude, fucking hell, man.
Examples
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If you are too afraid to hurt your girl's feelings, then there ain't a chance in fucking hell that you could be the face of this franchise.
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She's just like, fucking hell, you need to be quiet, I can't hear you.
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What Fucking hell, man, What country is this?
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And I was and I was there like, Jesus Christ, fucking hell, where was I?
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And they all went, oh fucking hell, Grace, that is, that is something.
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What kind of fucking hell is this?
Blog text (9) -
But yeah, bro, fucking hell, it's, it's mad.
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They're all like, fucking hell, what's going on here?
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Fucking hell, it weighs a ton.
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What the fucking hell is going on?
Synonyms
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8.9
An angry or surprised question showing you do not believe something
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9.2
Shows strong anger, annoyance, or surprise in rude informal speech
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6.7
Said to show anger, surprise or annoyance
448
7.5
A small amount of care or worry about something
200
9.7
A strong expression showing anger, surprise, or urgency
169
9.9
A strong phrase people say when they are very surprised or shocked
147
8.9
A short cry to show surprise, confusion, disbelief, or casual acceptance
106
9.1
To show strong anger, surprise, or emphasis
100
9.9
Shows strong anger or annoyance in a rude way
50
9.9
A rude strong swear word people say when angry or frustrated
47
9.9
Adds strong anger or surprise to what you say
43
9.9
A very rude phrase people say to show strong anger or annoyance
35
9.6
To say when you are very surprised or shocked
35
8.7
A phrase that shows frustration or annoyance
30
8.4
A short phrase people say when they feel frustrated or disappointed
29
9.4
A short informal cry showing surprise or strong feeling
21
8.4
A short angry cry people say when they feel annoyed or frustrated
21
9.9
People say a strong angry word when they feel very annoyed
16
9.9
A rude phrase people say to show strong anger when things go wrong
7
9.9
A short informal word people say when they feel surprise, shock, or annoyance
3
9.9
A rude strong word said to show anger or surprise
2
9.9
An exclamation that shows strong anger or surprise as a mild swear
2
9.9
A rude phrase people say to show strong anger or frustration
1
9.9
A short mild swear people say to show anger or surprise
1
9.9
A very rude exclamation showing strong anger or surprise
1
9.9
A short phrase people say when they feel surprised or do not believe something
1
9.9
A strong spoken reaction showing surprise and disbelief
1
9.6
A short angry word people say to show annoyance
1
9.9
A loud informal shout that shows surprise, shock, or strong annoyance
1
9.7
Say to show anger, surprise, or frustration
1
9.9
A short word people say to show surprise, anger, or annoyance
1
9.9
An old mild word people say when they are annoyed
Very bad and annoying
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The expression combines a vulgar intensifier ('fucking') with an expletive ('hell') to convey strong anger, shock, or annoyance; this compositional pattern is directly interpretable from the constituent meanings. Such intensifier+expletive constructions are cross-linguistically common and predictable, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the MWE's pragmatic meaning (though they may note its coarse register).
Etymology
Fucking hell is an exclamation made by joining two strong words. fucking is a very strong swear and hell is the idea of a place of pain in old stories, and together they make a very forceful reaction. So people say it to show 'anger', 'shock', or 'disbelief'.