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Japanese proverb

Hell is full of dirty housewives.

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[a hell of a] or [one hell of a] {adj.} or {adv. phr.}, {informal} Extraordinary; very. * /He made a hell of a shot during the basketball game./ * /Max […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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to hell with

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