Saturday, 27 June 2015

Expression "cold from hell" - English Language & Usage

I guess someone is sick (they have a cold) that is so bad that it feels as if it was sent straight from hell.



It's probably not very different from someone describing a boss they particularly hate as the boss from hell, or a bus driver that seems to be trying to get everyone on board killed – if not from a crash, then from a heart attack – as the driver from hell.



I guess the example you give is some kind of social media status and is a shortened form of:




I have done some physical exercise, and currently I have a cold. It is a very, very bad cold.


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