expressions with the word hell.

Hell這個字的用法

I don't know if you know what the word hell means,

不知道你懂不懂這個字的意思

but you'll notice some flames to help you understand the meaning of hell.

我畫了些火焰 希望能幫助你了解

So first what we're going to do is we're going to talk about the phrase "what the hell"

首先 我會先解釋what the hell這個詞

And then once we finish that, we're going to look at some common idioms and phrases that contain the word hell

接著 會看些含有hell的俗話及片語

So let's get started

那就開始吧

Before we begin with "what the hell",

在解釋what the hell之前

I just wanna talk about pronunciation

我想先說明發音

and also what the word hell means.

以及hell這個字的意思

So hell is a noun. It's a place.

hell(地獄)是名詞 是個地方

In certain religions, if you're very, very bad, you go to hell.

在某些宗教 如果你很壞很壞 就會去地獄

For people who are very good, they go to heaven.

好的人呢 則會上天堂

Hell is supposed to be a very hot place with a lot of flames, with fire

地獄據說是個很熱 充滿火焰的地方

A lot of evil people are supposed to go to hell

一般認為 壞人會下地獄

So that's just a bit of a background on the word hell

這是一些hell的背景知識

Now here is a word that people might confuse with the word hell.

有些人可能會把這個字跟hell搞混

He'll. He'll

He’ll. He’ll

Does anyone know what this means? Well, it's a contraction

有人知道這是什麼意思嗎? 這是縮寫

You see this apostrophe. It means he will

你看這個省略號 這意思是He will(他會)

So these two words have complete different meaning, so don't mix them up.

這兩個字意思完全不同 別搞混囉

In terms of pronunciation, you don't wanna mix these two words up

發音時也別把這兩個字混在一起

So remember hell rhymes with bell

記得 hell和bell有押韻

And he'll is pronounced the same way as…

而he’ll的發音則像是…

like a hill. Hill.

hill (山丘)

Okay, good.

嗯 很好

So let's look at the first expression.

那來看第一個用法吧

I've had a lot of ESL student ask me about this expression.

很多學生都問過我這句

What the hell! What the hell! And you'll notice an exclamation mark.

What the hell! 你看這裡有個驚嘆號

So what does this expression mean?

所以 這是什麼意思呢?

I'm sure if you watch American movies, TV shows, Friends, sitcoms,

看美國電影 電視 六人行 情境喜劇的時候

you are going to see this a lot. You're going to hear it a lot.

一定常常能聽到這句

Well, what the hell is what's known as an interjection

其實 what the hell算是種驚嘆語

So we use this to show we are surprised, we're angry, we're frustrated.

用來表示驚訝 生氣 沮喪等等

But usually with the surprise and anger

通常是表現驚訝和憤怒

So for example,

比如說

maybe I'm walking down the street

我走在街上

and all of a sudden, in the sky, I see something fly pass me.

突然 我看到有個東西飛過去

Maybe it looks like an alien spaceship. I'm gonna be shocked. I'm gonna be surprised.

看起來有點像飛碟 我嚇到了 很驚訝

So right away, I'm going to say something like "what the hell"

這時 我就會說 what the hell

It's surprising, what the hell.

這表示吃驚 意思有點像 這三小!?

So we use this a lot with surprise

所以 這句常常用來表示驚訝

So now let's look at

接下來 看下一個用法

using hell as what's known as an intensifier.

hell常被用來加強語氣

So in this case, it's used as an interjection

這時 hell可算是感嘆詞

Other interjections are woah or ah. These are interjections

其他的感嘆詞還有 哇喔 啊 等等

Now we are going to look at hell as what's known as an intensifier,

hell還能用來加強語氣

because hell is intense

因為hell很強烈

So what do I mean by this?

什麼意思呢?

Well, look at the following sentence. Well, it's a question.

嗯 來看這個句子 這是個問句

What _ happened? What happened?

怎麼了?

Now say if I want to add emotion to this sentence.

如果想再加點情緒進去

I want people to know that I feel something when I'm saying this

讓對方知道我說這句話時的心情

Maybe it's surprise; maybe it's shock, anger, frustration.

可能是吃驚 驚嚇 憤怒 沮喪

Usually the 4 emotions we use hell with

hell常用來表現這四種情緒

Instead of just saying "Ah, what happened?"

這時就不是說 "啊 怎麼啦?"

I can say, "what the hell happened?"

可以說 "到底怎麼了?"

What the hell happened last night?

昨天晚上到底怎麼了

I don't know if any of you guys have seen the movie "The Hangover"

不知道你們有沒有看過醉後大丈夫

But in that movie, three men wake up hungover with no memory of the night before

電影裡 3個大男人宿醉醒來 完全忘記昨晚怎麼了

And so they have this type of moment.

在這種時候呢 他們就會說

What the hell happened last night?

昨晚到底怎麼了

They don't remember. They're shocked by what they see around them

他們失憶了 看到周圍情況 嚇壞了

Another example is:

另一個例子是

I had a friend in high school who had a big, big party.

我有個高中朋友 開了個盛大派對

Her parents were away for the weekend or so she thought.

她父母周末出門去了 或她這樣以為

So she invited a whole bunch of people to her house

所以她邀了一大堆朋友去她家

and it was a Saturday night

那天是週六晚上

Her parents were supposed to come home Sunday

她以為父母是星期天回家

They came home Saturday.

但他們星期六就回來了

So when her father walked in to their house

爸爸走進家門時

He said, "what the hell is going on here?"

他會說 你們到底在這幹嘛

he wasn't happy.

他不高興了

So we use this for anger, surprise, frustration

總之 hell用來表現生氣 驚訝 沮喪

Now let's look at another question

來看另一個問句

Who _ is that? Who is that?

那是誰呀?

Well, what if I add the word the hell.

如果加上hell 就變成

Who the hell is that

那到底是誰呀?

It really changes the meaning of this question

問題含意被改變了

Before, the question was more polite.

之前的問句比較有禮貌

When I add who the hell is that, it's a bit rude

加上hell的話 就變得比較粗魯

So you don't want to use this with your boss. It is rude.

你可別對老闆說這種話 很沒禮貌

But I'm showing either I'm angry or surprised

這不是表示憤怒 就是驚訝

So when am I gonna use this?

什麼時候會講這句話呢?

Well, maybe I see my best friend's husband at a bar with another woman.

也許 我在酒吧看到我閨密的男友和別的女人鬼混

Well, if I'm shocked I might ask him

我嚇到的話 就會問他

who the hell is that?

這到底是誰呀?

When. When did you get married?

何時 你什麼時候結婚的?

May be I found out my friend just got married.

我發現我的朋友結婚了

"Oh, when did you get married?"

"噢 你什麼時候結的婚呀?"

well, what if I'm really, really surprised or I'm angry because she didn't invite me to the

如果我很氣她沒邀我去婚禮的話

I might say, "when the hell did you get married?"

可能會說 "你到底啥時結婚的?"

Again, it's not the nicest thing to say. You say it with your friends a lot actually

再次提醒 這個字不太禮貌 通常是跟朋友說的

But it can be taken rudely depending on your tone of voice.

別人可能會覺得你很無禮 取決於你的語氣

Where. Where are my keys?

哪裡 我的鑰匙在哪?

Every morning I wake up and before work, I cannot find my keys

每天早上醒來 出門上班前 我都找不到鑰匙

I search the whole house for my keys. I can never find them

我找遍整間房子 但都沒找到

Well, maybe one morning I'm very, very stressed out. I'm late for work

也許 有天早上 我很趕著出門 快遲到了

I need to get there by a certain time.

我一定得準時到達

I might, instead of just saying "oh, where are my keys?",

這時就不會只是說 "我的鑰匙在哪?"

I might say, "where the hell are my keys?"

可能會說 "鑰匙到底跑哪去了"

How do I fix this? Maybe I broke something

要怎麼修好? 可能我弄壞了什麼

If I add "the hell",

如果加上the hell的話

it shows maybe I'm frustrated. I don't know how to fix it

感覺就變成 我很沮喪 不知道要如何修好它

How the hell do I fix this?

這到底怎麼修?

So again, we have all of the questions:

所以 我們學會了這些問句

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誰 什麼 何時 哪裡 為什麼

Oh, we don't have why up here. You can also use it for why.

噢 沒有寫到為什麼 hell也可以用在為什麼

Why the hell did you do this?

你到底為什麼要這樣做?

You can use it with any of these question words

hell可以用在任何問句之中

and what it does again, is it shows you're either surprised, shocked, frustrated, or angry.

再說一次 它是用來表示吃驚 驚嚇 沮喪 或憤怒

Now, two other things we can intensify

另外還有兩件事能強調

are common words like "no", "yes" and "yeah"

像一些很常用的字 yes, no和yeah

Now, if somebody asks me a question.

如果有人問我問題

Say, for instance, if they ask me

比如說 有人問我

do I think George W Bush did a great job as president of the United States

你覺得布希是個好總統嗎?

Now for some of you, you'll say "yeah, I think he did a good job"

有些人可能會說 是啊 我覺得他做得不錯

For other, maybe you don't really care. You say "no, I don't think he did that good of a job"

有些人 可能不太關心 會說 我覺得他沒那麼好

Well, if you're very opinionated like me,

如果你像我一樣 看法比較強烈的話

you might say "hell no!" hell no.

可能會說 hell no 絕對不是

Which is a very strong way of saying no.

這是很強烈的否定方式

Similar to that, if you feel very strongly about something and you wanna say yes

同樣的 如果你強烈肯定一件事

You can say "hell yeah" or "hell yes"

可以說 hell yeah或hell yes

Do you want cake with dinner? Hell yeah

你晚餐後想來份蛋糕嗎? 當然想

Do you want to go to the movies tonight? Hell yeah

今晚去看電影好嗎? 當然好

Do you want to do your homework? Hell no

你想去寫作業嗎? 當然不想

So you can use these to intensify yes or no answers

hell可以用來強調肯定或否定答案

Alright, so we've covered some question words.

好了 我們講過一些疑問句

We've seen what the hell as an interjection

也講到了hell的感嘆詞用法

We've looked at adding the hell as an intensifier

還有用hell來加強語氣

Well, there's another common meaning to what the hell.

另外 what the hell還有另一個常見意思

So, it can also mean…

它意思也可以是…

I don't know if you can see this

不知道你看不看的到

I don't care.

我不在乎

Which is pretty opposite to what we were just talk about

跟我們之前說的用法剛好相反

We were just saying when we add "the hell", it really makes a sentence strong.

剛剛才說到 加上the hell可以使語氣更強烈

It makes a question very strong and shows you're angry or surprised.

讓問句變得更激烈 表現憤怒或驚訝

Well, depending on our tone of voice, it can also mean I don't care

但是 依照語氣的不同 意思也可以是 管他的

So for instance, somebody wants to borrow my car.

比如說 有人想跟我借車

If I don't really care, I might say,

如果我覺得沒差 就可能會說

"what the hell, go ahead. Here's my keys."

管他的 借你吧 鑰匙在這

Another example is, if somebody…

另一個例子是 如果有人..

I have a test on Monday and I should be studying

我禮拜一要考試 現在該認真讀書

And somebody says, "do you wanna go to the bar tonight?"

但有人問我 今晚要一起去酒吧嗎

"uh, what the hell, okay."

呃 管他的 走吧

I should be studying but I don't really care, so what the hell.

我得念書 但其實我不在乎 所以 管他的

Alright, I hope none of you do that, by the way.

附帶一提 好孩子別這樣做

Alright, so next, we are going to look at some common idioms and phrases, expressions with the

好 接下來 我們要看一些裡頭有hell的常見片語及俗語

Alright, so here are 6 expressions.

這裡有六種用法

Some of them are more common than others, but you'll hear all of these, that have to do with the

有些特別常用 不過這些用法全都能在日常聽到

Now the first one I really like. To give someone hell

第一個 我很喜歡 教訓一頓

When you give someone hell… so again here's the verb.

如果你要教訓別人一頓…這是動詞

To give someone hell, it's altogether

教訓別人一頓 這是一整個片語

It means to reproach, to reprimand,

意思是 訓斥 斥責

to yell at someone severely

對某人厲聲責罵

So for example, to really understand this concept

為了更理解這個概念 我舉個例子

I have a dog.

我養了隻狗

If my dog ate some of my jewelry, I would be very, very angry.

如果牠吃了我的珠寶 我就會非常非常生氣

So I might give my dog hell, meaning I might yell at my dog

我可能就會教訓牠一頓 意思是 我會對我的狗怒吼

And say "why did you do that" you know, "bad dog"

罵些 你幹嘛這樣 壞狗狗 之類的

Parents. I told you earlier that my friend had a party one weekend when her parents were out for

還有 之前說過的 我朋友的父母周末出門 我朋友在家開趴

And here dad came home early

她爸爸提前回家

Her dad gave her hell.

就會教訓她一頓

Meaning her dad was very, very angry with her, yelled at her, screamed at her,

意思是 她爸會很生氣 吼她 兇她

Really, really disappointed.

對她非常非常失望

When you give someone hell, it's a bit negative

教訓某人一頓 有點負面含意

You're not happy when you give someone hell.

教訓別人時 你會心情不好

It means you really put them in the place

會讓他們像墜入地獄一般

So for example, bosses. If a boss is very, very upset with something you've done

比如說 老闆對你很不滿意

Maybe an employee stole something from their company

可能因為你偷了公司的東西

The boss will give that person hell.

老闆就會訓你一頓

So again, it means reproach, reprimand, to yell at someone, to scream at someone.

這句型的意思就是 訓斥 斥責 對別人怒吼

Give someone hell

教訓某人一頓

Okay, expression #2.

好 第二個用法

Now this expression "go to hell" is not polite at all

go to hell這句子並不禮貌

It's very, very, very rude, so try not to use it

非常非常粗魯 最好別說這句

But you will hear it a lot, especially on movies and TV

但是在電視電影裡 常常會聽到

Go to hell. So I've drawn a very angry face.

go to hell 去死 我有畫個生氣的臉

If you tell someone to go to hell,

如果你叫別人去死

you're probably going to be very angry when you say it

那你當時可能氣到不行

And you're pretty much saying I don't wanna deal with you right now, get away, leave me alone

可能會不想甩他 叫他滾到一旁別煩你

But it's a very, very, very mean and angry way to say it

去死 是個非常憤怒狠毒的說法

Because again, hell is not a nice place

因為hell是地獄 可不是啥好地方

It's a place where bad people go,

是壞人才會去的地方

so if you're saying go to hell to someone, it's a very strong thing to say

叫人去地獄 就是叫他去死 是很強烈的說法

#3 is to hell with it or the hell with it

第三個用法 是to hell with it 管它去死

So you have a choice. You can say to hell with it or you can say the hell with it

有兩種翻法 管它去死 或 讓它見鬼去吧

Now, this expression is often used when you give up on something

在你放棄某件事情時 常會說這句話

You decide that you don't want to do something anymore

你決定不要再管這件事了

So for example, maybe I've been studying all day,

比如說 我念了一整天的書

and then I decide I want to go out and party

後來 我決定出門 參加派對

I might say, "to hell with studying"

我可能會說:讓讀書見鬼去吧

so the "it" is what you change. So to hell with studying

it可以換成別的字

I'm going to go party. So you give up on studying. To hell with studying

我要去跑趴 不念書了 讓讀書見鬼去吧

You don't care about studying, you're going to go party

你不想管成績了 只想去派對

Or to hell with… you can also use a person

這句話也能用在人身上

Replace it with her. To hell with her

把it換成her 意思是 管她去死

I might say that if I give up on someone, I'm kind of tired of them

如果我放棄某人 不想再管他時 就會這樣說

I tried to call my friend all weekend.

比如說 我整個周末都試著打給我朋友

She didn't pick up her phone.

但她都不接電話

To hell with her

那我管她去死

Meaning I don't care anymore. I'm giving up. I'm not calling her anymore

意思是 我不管了 放棄了 不打給他了

#4 for the hell of it

第四個用法 因為好玩

I really like this expression, actually

說真的 我很愛這個用法

For the hell of it. What does it mean?

因為好玩 是什麼意思?

Have you ever done something for no reason?

你有沒有做過一些無意義的事情呢?

When somebody ask you "why did you do that?" you don't really have an answer

別人問 "你幹嘛這樣?" 而你無法回答

An answer is "for the hell of it"

因為好玩 的意思就是

meaning you did it for either no reason

你做這件事 沒甚麼原因

or just for fun

或者 只是找樂子

So for example, maybe

比如說 也許…

I'm not working tomorrow, I don't have anything to do

我明天不用上班 沒事做

and I decide to drive to Montreal

所以決定開車去蒙特婁

I live in Toronto. Montreal is five hours away.

我家在多倫多 到蒙特婁要四個小時

So maybe one day I just think "I'm going to drive to Montreal today"

但我就想說 "今天就開車去蒙特婁吧"

Somebody might ask me why did you do that? What were you doing in Montreal?

有人可能會問我 為什麼要去? 去那幹嘛?