Hell's Half Acre Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms

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Hell's half acre What does Hell's half acre mean?	A long and frustrating trip.	I looked all over hell's half acre trying to find a left handed monkey wrench. Hell's half acre is a lava flow about 15 miles west of Idaho Falls, Idaho. It is 4.5 miles of rough, irregular terrain that is very difficult to navigate. It is so named because its cracks, holes, and crags give the area an otherworldly, surreal, and perhaps hellish appearance. A search of Hell's half acre would indeed be a long and difficult task. Many of the scenes in the 1997 film "Starship Troopers" (based on Robert Heinlein's novel of the same name) in which the characters were on an alien planet, were filmed at Hell's half acre.
	Some Random Idioms
flash What does "flash" mean?	show or reveal something briefly
rake off (some money) What does "rake off (some money)" mean?	to steal a portion of a payment/money	The cashiers were raking off some of the money from the store.
black out What does "black out" mean?	to faint or pass out	The man suddenly blacked out while he was waiting for the bus.
fall back on (someone or something) What does "fall back on (someone or something)" mean?	to seek help when other things have failed	The woman had to fall back on her father when her business began to have problems.
ring up (something) What does "ring up (something)" mean?	to add and record a sale on a cash register	I went to the cash register so the clerk could ring up the items that I had bought.
smack into (someone or something) What does "smack into (someone or something)" mean?	to collide/hit someone or something	The car ran smack into the car in front of it.

by the skin of one`s teeth What does "by the skin of one`s teeth" mean?	by a very small margin, barely	I arrived at the train station and was on time by the skin of my teeth.
land in one's lap What does "land in one's lap" mean?	additional work comes to you and you now have to deal with it	Several resignations from our company landed in the lap of the personnel director last Friday.
bugger off What does "bugger off" mean?	imp. go away; shove off.	Bugger off. Just go away.
dig some dirt up on (someone) or dig up some dirt on (someone) What does "dig some dirt up on (someone) or dig up some dirt on (someone)" mean?	to find out something bad about someone	The newspaper worked hard to dig up some dirt on the politician.

American Idioms and Expressions

Hell's Half Acre Idiom