hell mend someone
English edit
Interjection edit
- (idiomatic, vulgar) Expressing exasperation at someone whose behavior is likely to result in trouble but who will not heed warnings.
- 2008, Jessica Stirling, The Fields of Fortune, →ISBN:
- 'You do not want to look after yourself at all. You want Roderick Peters to look after you. Well, hell mend you, Nicola, hell mend you,' Charlotte snapped ...
- 2010, George Friel, A Glasgow Trilogy, →ISBN, page 229:
- And then hell mend you. You've never danced in your life, have you? Well, by God, she'll lead you a dance.
- 2013, Christine Marion Fraser, Kinvara Wives, →ISBN:
- Just because he's single he thinks he can do anything he wants with anybody and hell mend him if this latest venture turns sour on him.