have been to hell and back

have been to hell and back
have been to hell and back
Fig. to have survived a great deal of trouble. •

What a terrible day! I feel like I have been to hell and back.

After a day of shopping, I feel like I have been to hell and back.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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