It doesn't really mean he was in hell; it meant he was in something else.

不是说他真的在地狱里，而是在别的地方。

youdao

Spartans! Ready your breakfast and eat hearty, for tonight we dine in hell!

斯巴达人！去吃早饭，直至吃饱，因为我们今夜将在地狱进餐！

youdao

One woman told me last Christmas that she did not believe either in hell or in ghosts.

一个女人告诉我去年的圣诞节她既不相信地狱也不相信鬼魂。

youdao

"Farewell,General Lee! I wish for your sake and mine that every damned Yankee on earth was sunk ten miles in hell!"

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And by his smile, I knew that sullen hall,-- By his dead smile I knew we stood in Hell.

看着他的笑，我想起了阴沉压抑的礼堂-,看着他的笑，我想起了阴沉压抑的礼堂。

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They are individual creatures who seem really to be in hell just as they seem really to have been in heaven; but the figures of Sin and Death, they are entirely different animals.

他们是独立的生灵，身处于地狱,也曾经生活在天堂;,但是罪恶之神和死神却是两个完全不同的生物。

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Sure -- not that it matters, because let's be honest, there isn't a chance in hell that's going to be happening any time soon.

ENGADGET: Motorola's cellphone business needs a new leader: okay, I'm in.

For the first 100 guests who visit participating restaurants nationwide on that day, it may be a cold day in Hell, but a fiery-fun-time at Red Robin!

FORBES: A Quant Looks at Hell and Free Chili at Red Robin

Certainly and despite a lot of opinion calling for a rebound, it could be a long day in hell before investors feel they can afford to trade silver again.

FORBES: Would The Silver Medalist Please Stand Up?