go to hell

go to hell
go to hell & go to (the devil)
1. Inf. to go to hell and suffer the agonies therein. (Often a command. Caution with

hell

.) •

Oh, go to hell!

Go to hell, you creep!

2. Inf. to become ruined; to go away and stop bothering someone. (Use

hell

with caution.) •

This old house is just going to hell. It's falling apart everywhere.

Leave me alone! Go to the devil!

Oh, go to, yourself!

* * *
See: GO TO THE DEVIL.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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