blow to kingdom come
verbEtymology
From blow (“to cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed”) + to + kingdom come (“place that one will go to after one’s death, afterlife; death; state of complete annihilation; heaven or paradise”). Kingdom come is derived from the phrase “Thy kingdom come” from the Lord’s Prayer which is recorded in Matthew 6:9–13 and Luke 11:2–4 in the Bible: see, for example, Matthew 6:10 in the King James Version (spelling modernized): “Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, in earth, as it is in heaven.” By these sentences, Jesus seeks the establishment of the rule of God the Father over the Earth in the future.
Definitions
To totally destroy (something)
To totally destroy (something); to annihilate or wipe out (something).
- If this gas ignites, it'll blow you to kingdom come, you venal viper!
- The hostages were trembling when they heard a man exclaim / “Let’s blow this place to kingdom come, let Con Edison take the blame”
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Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for blow to kingdom come. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA