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Hell and half of Georgia

A great distance or area; a huge amount of space. Primarily heard in US. I've been looking across Hell and half of Georgia trying to find you! Janet: "You guys are two hours late! Where were you?" George: "Lenny here thought he'd take a shortcut, and we ended up driving through Hell and half of Georgia!"

See also: and, Georgia, half, hell, of

all over Hell and half of Georgia

Everywhere; over a great distance or area; all over the place. Primarily heard in US. I've been looking all over Hell and half of Georgia trying to find you! Janet: "You guys are two hours late! Where were you?" George: "Lenny here thought he'd take a shortcut, and we ended up driving all over Hell and half of Georgia!"

See also: all, and, Georgia, half, hell, of

all over creation

Everywhere; over a great distance or area; all over the place. Primarily heard in US. I've been looking all over creation trying to find you! Janet: "You guys are two hours late! Where were you?" George: "Lenny here thought he'd take a shortcut, and we ended up driving all over creation!"

See also: all, creation

all over creation

 and all over hell and half of Georgia; all over hell and gone; to hell and gone

Rur. everywhere. Little Billy had his toys spread out all over creation. It took forever to clean up after him. They're looking all over creation, trying to find the missing man. Tom has traveled all over hell and half of Georgia trying to find the man who done him wrong.

See also: all, creation