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devil
devil
*devil
Fig.
a severe scolding. (*Typically:
get
~;
Catch ~; give
someone ~.)
Bill is always getting the devil about something.
I'm late. If I don't get home soon, I'll catch the devil!
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(as) black as the devil
a devil of a time
be (the) devil's advocate
better the devil you know
better the devil you know than the devil you don't
Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know
better the devil you know than the one you don't know
between a rock and a hard place
between the devil and the deep blue sea
blue devils
caught between the devil and the deep blue sea
crafty devil
devil
devil and deep blue sea
devil can quote Scripture for his own purpose
devil finds work for idle hands to do
devil for
devil in disguise
devil is not so black as he is painted
devil looks after his own
devil of a
devil of a job
devil of a time
devil take the hindmost, the
devil to pay, the
devil-may-care
devil-may-care attitude
devil's advocate
devil's children have the devil's luck
Every man for himself
folk devil
for the devil of it
full of it
full of the devil
give due
give someone hell
give the devil his due
Go to blazes!
go to hell
go to the devil
Go to the devil!
God sends meat and the devil sends cooks
have the devil to pay
have the devil's own job
have the devil's own luck
have the luck of the devil
He who sups with the devil should have a long spoon
idle brain is the devil's workshop
idle hands are the devil's playthings
idle hands are the devil's tools
idle hands are the devil's workshop
like the devil
luck of the devil
lucky devil
Needs must when the devil drives
play devil's advocate
play hell with someone/something
play the devil with
play the devil with someone/something
raise Cain
raise the devil
raise the devil with someone
raise the devil with something
Set a beggar on horseback, and he'll ride to the devil
speak of the devil
speak of the devil, and he appears
speak of the devil, and he is sure to appear
speak of the devil, and he shall appear
speak of the devil, and he will appear
talk of the devil
talk of the devil, and he is bound to appear
talk of the devil, and he is sure to appear
talk of the devil, and he shall appear
talk of the devil, and he will appear
Tell the truth and shame the devil
The devil finds work for idle hands
the devil is in the detail(s)
the devil looks after his own
the devil of a time
the devil take the hindmost
the devil to pay
the devil’s own time
the devil's own luck
There will be hell to pay
there will be the devil to pay
What in the devil?
What the devil?
Who in the devil?
Who in the hell?
Who the devil?
You scared the hell out of me
Common Names:
Name
Gender
Pronounced
Usage
Rava
RAH-vah
Esperanto
Elliott
['elijət]
Petro
PE-tro
(Esperanto)
Ukrainian, Esperanto
Henning
HE-ning
(German)
, HEN-ning
(Swedish)
German, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
Asta
AHS-tah
(Swedish, Norwegian)
Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Riko
ṙee-ko
Japanese
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