hell of a
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hell of a (not comparable)
- (colloquial or vulgar) Intensifier; indicates that someone or something is especially good, bad, difficult, etc.
- Well done! That's a hell of an achievement!
- She had a hell of a time trying to open the jar. In the end she gave up.
- Where were you? / I got lost in the woods. / Wow! Hell of a place to get lost!
- 2007, “One Hell of a Party”, in Pocket Symphony, performed by Air ft. Jarvis Cocker:
- Yeah, this was one hell of a party / Nobody ever got to bed / But the morning after's killing me / And I have to rest my head
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intensifier: especially (good, bad, difficult etc.)