fire-and-brimstone
[fahyuh r-uh n-brim-stohn]
- threatening punishment in the hereafter: a fire-and-brimstone sermon.
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Origin of fire-and-brimstone
First recorded in 1795–1805
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Contemporary Examples
Mrs. Lincoln, who is a bit of a Bible-thumper, is strongly depicted in the film instead as a fire-and-brimstone conservative.
‘Beautiful Creatures’: 14 Notable Differences From the Book to the ScreenJean Trinh
February 15, 2013
Rick Santorum is a loyal soldier, but not a party leader—he might actually believe the fire-and-brimstone stuff.
George H.W. Bush Endorsed Romney? Big Surprise, They’re Cut From the Same ClothJohn Avlon
March 30, 2012
Despite provoking some fire-and-brimstone responses, I didn't plan to look back at Sodom.
Historical Examples
Why has not some one already written a fire-and-brimstone romance about them?
Prose IdyllsCharles Kingsley
A rain of fire-and-brimstone that falls alike upon the just and such of the unjust as have not procured shelter by evicting them.
The Devil's DictionaryAmbrose Bierce
Why don't the adherents of the fire-and-brimstone theory picture hell as a place where we can never act on impulse?
The Rest Hollow MysteryRebecca N. Porter
fire-and-brimstone
- (of a sermon, preacher, etc) zealous, esp in threatening eternal damnation
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