"patch hell a mile"
Posted by ESC on April 24, 2002
In Reply to: Meaning/origin of "patch hell a mile" posted by paula on April 23, 2002
: anyone have any idea of the origin or meaning of this phrase
Patch hell a mile
How was this phrase used in a sentence? What was the context? I found part of it:
hell a mile - "An exclamation. 'Hell a mile, he ain't been out of hearing long enough to done that.' (William Faulkner, 'The Hamlet,' 1940)" From the Whistlin' Dixie section of the Facts on File Dictionary of American Regionalisms: Local Expressions from Coast to Coast by Robert Hendrickson (Facts on File, New York, 2000).
- "patch hell a mile" paula 04/24/02
- "Patch hell a mile" ESC 04/24/02