living hell


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living hell

noun
Excruciating punishment:
Idiom: tortures of the damned.
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Translations
die Hölle durchleben
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"I was detained and arrested midway through my set and...confined in a living hell."
Ian Lee, North West deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor, described how Salamat and Abbas made the lives of the women in the family 'a living hell' - and warned other parents they 'stand ready' to prosecute.
What we do know is that she lived her last days in what can only be described as a living hell."
Margaret told our sister paper the Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser she regularly finds broken glass and blood on her landing and drug paraphernalia scattered around the stairwell, adding: "It's a living hell."
He wrote: "This period of time has been a living hell for me and my family, full of innuendo and speculation.
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He was completely cleared of the allegations after almost two years in a "living hell" and was told last month he will face no charges.
RELATIVES of a Teesside dad missing for a year have appealed for information to help end their "living hell".
Birmingham Crown Court heard that Kevin Hancock's life had been made a "living hell" by Maureen Greenslade as he constantly feared being seriously injured.
Neighbours of Marchburn Children's Home in Aberdeen said teens are making their lives "a living hell".
Living Hell: The Dark Side of the Civil War considers the contrast between recruits and the realities of communal living and disease that part of the Civil War- and which is rarely discussed in titles covering the War's battles and glory.
Living Hell: The Dark Side of the Civil War considers the contrast between recruits and the realities of communal living and disease that part of the Civil War--and which is rarely discussed in titles covering the War's battles and glory.