go to hell

See also: go-to-hell

English

Etymology

The third sense is first attested in Shakespeare. The second sense is a variation of older go to the devil. The literal sense is attested since Old English with various verbs for "to go".

Pronunciation

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Verb

go to hell (third-person singular simple present goes to hell, present participle going to hell, simple past went to hell, past participle gone to hell)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go,‎ to,‎ hell.
2. To go out the window; be ruined; be now useless.

   Well, that plan has gone to hell.

3. Expression of anger and contempt directed at someone, especially after that individual has done something very wrong.

   Why did Nancy do that to Jake? She can go to hell.

   You want me to voluntarily work the weekend without pay? Go to hell!

   • c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], page 173, line 21:

     Let Fortune goe to hell for it, not I.

   • 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:

     "Oh, go to hell!" said Silas, and kicked open his own unlatched door.

Synonyms

• (to be ruined or useless): go out the window, go to pot, go down the drain, go down the toilet
• (go to Hell): go to Halifax
• (in imperative): get fucked

Translations

to be ruined, become useless

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 失效 (zh) (shixiao)

• Danish: gå ad helvede til
• Dutch: naar de klote gaan
• Finnish: mennä päin helvettiä
• German: den Bach runtergehen (de)
• Italian: andare al diavolo, andare all'inferno
• Portuguese: ir por água abaixo, ir ralo abaixo
• Romanian: se duce dracului, se duce dracu', se duce naibii, se duce naiba
• Russian: идет к черту (idet k čertu)
• Swedish: gå åt helvete (sv), gå åt skogen (sv)

interjection

• Bulgarian: върви по дяволите (vǎrvi po djavolite), върви в ада (vǎrvi v ada)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 去死吧 (qù sǐ ba)

• Danish: gå ad helvede til, gå ad Pommern til, ad helvede til (da)
• Esperanto: iru kacen
• Finnish: painu helvettiin
• French: aller se faire voir (fr), va au diable (fr), allez au diable
• German: fahr zu Hölle, fahrt zu Hölle pl
• Greek: άντε στο διάολο (ánte sto diáolo)

  Ancient: ἔρρε (érrhe) (imperative of ἔρρω)

• Hebrew: לך לעזאזל (lékh la'azazél)
• Hindi: भाड़ में जाओ! (bhāṛ mẽ jāo!), भाड़ में जा! (bhāṛ mẽ jā!)
• Hungarian: menj a pokolba
• Irish: téigh go h-ifreann, téigí go h-ifreann
• Italian: andare al diavolo, andare a remengo, andare a cagare
• Japanese: 死ね (ja) (shine)
• Macedonian: о́ди по ѓаво́лите (ódi po ǵavólite) (literally "go to the devils")
• Norwegian: dra til helvete (no)
• Polish: idź do diabła
• Portuguese: vá para o inferno!, vai para o inferno!
• Romanian: du-te dracului (ro), du-te dracu', du-te naibii, du-te naiba, (rare) du-te-n iad
• Russian: пошёл к чёрту m (pošól k čórtu), пошла́ к чёрту f (pošlá k čórtu), пошли́ к чёрту pl (pošlí k čórtu)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: иди до ђавола, иди у пакао

  Roman: idi do đavola, idi u pakao

• Spanish: vete al infierno, ¡vete a la mierda!, ¡vete a tomar por culo!
• Swedish: dra åt helvete (sv), fara åt helvete
• Turkish: cehenneme git
• Urdu: بھاڑ میں جاؤ! (bhāṛ meṉ jā'o!), بھاڑ میں جا! (bhāṛ meṉ jā!)
• Welsh: dos i uffern, ewch i uffern
• Yiddish: גיי אין דר׳ערד (gey in dr'erd)

See also

• go to the devil
• go die in a fire
• go jump in a lake
• go jump off a cliff
• to hell in a handbasket