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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!
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Reed | | REED | English |
Elihu | | i-LIE-hyoo (English), ee-LIE-hyoo (English) | Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, English (Archaic) |
Gioele | | jo-EL-e | Italian |
Justy | | JUS-tee | English |
Deal | | [di:l] | |
Taro | | tah-ṙo: | Japanese |