Converse of object

• scare: Regardless of actual party politics, it is the creeping erosion of norms which scares the hell out of me.

• annoy: It's obvious, it's tuneful, and it'll annoy the hell out of cynics everywhere.

• beat: Knock it off now or so help me God I'll come down and beat the hell out of the both of you!

Preposition: on

• earth: Apart from the nazi death camps, it's probably the nearest we've come to creating hell on earth.

Adjective modifier

• bloody: John: Oh, bloody hell, I told you!

• merry: My Machiavellian mind makes me think that someone could create merry hell with this.

• eternal: I'd rather take a few shots here than endure an eternal hell.

• sheer: Dont go for the paper round thing - sheer hell on a stick.

Modifies a noun

• bent: He loves the thrill of the car at full speed He's hell bent on taking the lead.

• outta: Say_Ten 14th September 2001, 07:31 I can't watch football, bores the hell outta me.

• raiser: Soon the first band were on, the Hell Raisers.

• hound: The glow of a hell hound moved toward the sound.

• freeze: Snowball's chance in hell " no chance " is from 1931; till hell freezes over " never " is from 1919.

Noun used with modifier

• living: The absence of faith hope and love makes life a living hell, the land of the walking dead.

Preposition: in

• handbasket: The justification is that things are going to hell in a handbasket.

Preposition: of

• lot: They look a hell of a lot better with tails.

• alot: I just like the gorillas one hell of alot.

• mess: Makes one hell of a mess to any remaining finish, mind you.

Preposition: for

• eternity: In fact, we'd be in hell for eternity.

• leather: Unless the US go hell for leather I can't see there being much space for the Italians to score.