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Phrase(s): Hell’s bells (and buckets of blood)! Inf. an exclamation of anger or surprise. (Use caution with hell.) • Alice: Your pants are torn in back. John: Oh, hell’s bells! What will happen next? • Bill: Well, Jane, looks like you just flunked calculus. Jane: Hell’s bells and buckets of blood! What do I do now?
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs