Hellhole Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms

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hellhole What does hellhole mean?	a dangerous (often hot) place
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Gone pear-shaped What does "Gone pear-shaped" mean?	(UK) If things have gone pear-shaped they have either gone wrong or produced an unexpected and unwanted result.
do away with (something) What does "do away with (something)" mean?	to stop something, to get rid of something	The company will do away with their policy of working one weekend a month.
add insult to injury What does "add insult to injury" mean?	to make a person who already feels bad to feel worse, to make a bad situation worse	Our boss added insult to injury when she refused to let us use the Internet during lunch.
cash-and-carry What does "cash-and-carry" mean?	a system where you pay cash for some goods and then carry or take them away	The supermarkets in our city operate on a cash-and-carry basis.
lose face What does "lose face" mean?	to be embarrassed or ashamed by an error or failure, to lose self-respect	The manager lost face when the person who she hired was a terrible worker.

sly as a fox What does "sly as a fox" mean?	to be smart and clever	The storeowner is as sly as a fox and you can never make a good deal with him.
Rack your brain What does "Rack your brain" mean?	If you rack your brain, you think very hard when trying to remember something. ('Rack your brains' is an alternative.)
keep (something) to oneself What does "keep (something) to oneself" mean?	keep something a secret	I asked my friend to keep the news to herself.

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Hellhole Idiom