In some religions, hell is the place where the Devil lives, and where wicked people are sent to be punished when they die. Hell is usually imagined as being under the ground and full of flames.

If you say that a particular situation or place is hell, you are emphasizing that it is extremely unpleasant.

Hell is used by some people when they are angry or excited, or when they want to emphasize what they are saying.

You can use as hell after adjectives or some adverbs to emphasize the adjective or adverb.

If you say that a place or a situation is hell on earth or a hell on earth, you are emphasizing that it is extremely unpleasant or that it causes great suffering.

If someone does something for the hell of it, or just for the hell of it, they do it for fun or for no particular reason.

If you say that you will do something until hell freezes over, you are emphasizing that you will do it for a very long time or for ever.

You can use from hell after a noun when you are emphasizing that something or someone is extremely unpleasant or evil.

If you say that someone gives you hell, you are emphasizing that they shout at you very angrily because of something you have done wrong.

If you say that something is giving you hell, you are emphasizing that it is causing you a lot of trouble or pain.

If you tell someone to go to hell, you are angrily telling them to go away and leave you alone.

If you say that someone can go to hell, you are emphasizing angrily that you do not care about them and that they will not stop you doing what you want.

If you say that someone is going hell for leather, you are emphasizing that they are doing something or are moving very quickly and perhaps carelessly.

Some people say like hell to emphasize that they strongly disagree with you or are strongly opposed to what you say.

Some people use like hell to emphasize how strong an action or quality is.

If you describe a place or situation as a living hell, you are emphasizing that it is extremely unpleasant.

If you say that all hell breaks loose, you are emphasizing that a lot of arguing or fighting suddenly starts.

If you talk about a hell of a lot of something, or one hell of a lot of something, you mean that there is a large amount of it.

Some people use a hell of or one hell of to emphasize that something is very good, very bad, or very big.

If you tell someone to get the hell out of a place, you are telling them angrily or emphatically to leave that place immediately.

Some people use the hell out of for emphasis after verbs such as 'scare', 'irritate', and 'beat'.

If you say there'll be hell to pay, you are emphasizing that there will be serious trouble.

To play hell with something means to have a bad effect on it or cause great confusion. In British English, you can also say that one person or thing plays merry hell with another.

If you say that someone raises hell, you are emphasizing that they protest strongly and angrily about a situation in order to persuade other people to correct it or improve it.

People sometimes use the hell for emphasis in questions, after words such as 'what', 'where', and 'why', often in order to express anger.

If you go through hell, or if someone puts you through hell, you have a very difficult or unpleasant time.

If you say you hope to hell or wish to hell that something is true, you are emphasizing that you strongly hope or wish it is true.

If you say that you will do something come hell or high water, you are emphasizing that you are determined to do it, in spite of the difficulties involved.

You can say 'what the hell' when you decide to do something in spite of the doubts that you have about it.

If you say 'to hell with' something, you are emphasizing that you do not care about something and that it will not stop you from doing what you want to do.