blow someone or something to kingdom come

blow someone or something to kingdom come
blow someone or something to kingdom come
Fig. to destroy someone or something by means of an explosion. •

You'd better get that gas leak fixed or it will blow you and your car to kingdom come.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • blow something to kingdom come — blow someone/something/to kingdom come informal phrase to destroy someone or something completely in an explosion Thesaurus: to destroy, or to be destroyed with an explosionsynonym …   Useful english dictionary

  • blow something to kingdom come — blast/blow (someone/something) to kingdom come informal to kill someone or destroy something by using a gun or bomb. Fifteen soldiers were blown to kingdom come in the attack. Police discovered a bomb which was large enough to blast the whole… …   New idioms dictionary

  • blast something to kingdom come — blast/blow (someone/something) to kingdom come informal to kill someone or destroy something by using a gun or bomb. Fifteen soldiers were blown to kingdom come in the attack. Police discovered a bomb which was large enough to blast the whole… …   New idioms dictionary

  • blow someone to kingdom come — blow someone/something/to kingdom come informal phrase to destroy someone or something completely in an explosion Thesaurus: to destroy, or to be destroyed with an explosionsynonym …   Useful english dictionary

  • blow someone to kingdom come — blast/blow (someone/something) to kingdom come informal to kill someone or destroy something by using a gun or bomb. Fifteen soldiers were blown to kingdom come in the attack. Police discovered a bomb which was large enough to blast the whole… …   New idioms dictionary

  • blow to kingdom come — blast/blow (someone/something) to kingdom come informal to kill someone or destroy something by using a gun or bomb. Fifteen soldiers were blown to kingdom come in the attack. Police discovered a bomb which was large enough to blast the whole… …   New idioms dictionary

  • blast someone to kingdom come — blast/blow (someone/something) to kingdom come informal to kill someone or destroy something by using a gun or bomb. Fifteen soldiers were blown to kingdom come in the attack. Police discovered a bomb which was large enough to blast the whole… …   New idioms dictionary

  • blast to kingdom come — blast/blow (someone/something) to kingdom come informal to kill someone or destroy something by using a gun or bomb. Fifteen soldiers were blown to kingdom come in the attack. Police discovered a bomb which was large enough to blast the whole… …   New idioms dictionary

  • kingdom */*/*/ — UK [ˈkɪŋdəm] / US noun [countable] Word forms kingdom : singular kingdom plural kingdoms a) a country or area ruled by a king or queen the United Kingdom the Zulu Kingdom the kingdom of Spain b) something that someone controls as if they were a… …   English dictionary

  • kingdom — king|dom [ kıŋdəm ] noun count ** a country or area ruled by a king or queen: the United Kingdom the kingdom of Spain the Zulu Kingdom a. something that someone controls as if they were a king or queen: He treated the department like his own… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • kingdom — noun (C) 1 a country governed by a king or queen: the kingdom of Thailand 2 the kingdom of an imaginary place where a particular thing or quality has the greatest influence: the kingdom of love 3 the animal/plant/mineral kingdom one of the three… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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