fire and brimstone
Speech parts
1. fire and brimstone - Noun
2. fire and brimstone - Adjective
Meaning
(Old Testament) God's means of destroying sinners
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Examples
It never looked as terrible as it was and it made her wonder if hell was a pretty place too. Fire and brimstone all right, but hidden in lacy groves.
I poured on a rainstorm of fire and brimstone as hot as I could, and you know something of what that is. I believe that I never said anything more savage in the pulpit or on the stump.
We limit ourselves so much. And, we limit heaven too. We think it's a place where angels just play harps. And hell has to be fire and brimstone. But that's very untrue.
his sermons were full of fire and brimstone
But the sermons of "fire and brimstone" are still to be heard in America.
I’m sure there are uptight people who would like to preach fire and brimstone to the nacationers, but pronouncements of a special corner of hell would likely fall on deaf ears.