Hell's bells!



Hell's bells (and buckets of blood)!

Inf. an exclamation of anger or surprise. (Use caution with hell.) Alice: Your pants are torn in back. John: Oh, hell's bells! What will happen next? Bill: Well, Jane, looks like you just flunked calculus. Jane: Hell's bells and buckets of blood! What do I do now?

Hell's bells!

  (old-fashioned)
something that you say when you are very surprised or annoyed Hell's bells, the washing machine's overflowing again!

Hell’s bells !

verb

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
ReedREEDEnglish
Elihui-LIE-hyoo (English), ee-LIE-hyoo (English)Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, English (Archaic)
Gioelejo-EL-eItalian
JustyJUS-teeEnglish
Deal[di:l]
Tarotah-ṙo:Japanese