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holy terror



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Idioms and Phrases

An exasperating individual, as in He was only five, but he was a holy terror, running wild through the house and throwing whatever he could lay his hands on . The adjective holy here is an intensifier. [Late 1800s]
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He was a ruthless criminal鈥攁 holy terror, not a gentleman鈥攁nd his name alone paralyzed the police.

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A former Olympic hammer thrower, the Crunchem Hall headmistress is described as 鈥渁 gigantic holy terror, a fierce tyrannical monster who frightened the life out of the pupils and teachers alike.鈥

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In the wind, it can be a holy terror.

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"She was a demon. As soon as my father was out of the way she became a holy terror. My life was a nightmare."

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Kayla鈥檚 holy terror, in 鈥淏ombshell,鈥 as Ailes stakes his sweaty claim, may be devastating, but the violation of Eur铆dice is worse, not least because, though a nightmare, it isn鈥檛 yet a crime.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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