holy terror
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A former Olympic hammer thrower, the Crunchem Hall headmistress is described as “a gigantic holy terror, a fierce tyrannical monster who frightened the life out of the pupils and teachers alike.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2022
In the wind, it can be a holy terror.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2022
Interestingly, Joshua behaves well at his half-day preschool, but at home can be a holy terror!
From Slate ● Jan. 15, 2021
A big one is the holy terror waiting in the wings.
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2018
This giant ate no meat at all, though he was a holy terror when served a basket of roots, crunching onions and turnips and even raw hard neeps between his big square teeth.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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