Dear Ms. Bell

Posted by Bruce Kahl on February 14, 2005

In Reply to: Hell in a handbasket posted by Ms. Laurie S. Dell, B.A. on February 13, 2005

: "Hell in a handbag" refers to any person who is troublesome or hard to handle and comes in a small package. A small woman with a fierce temper would be referred to as "Hell in a hand basket". Similarly, "Hell on wheels" refers to a fast paced person who is a particular pain to deal with.

Please do not delete the body of a post to which you are responding.
If you leave the post intact then we can all read in a logical sequence what is going on without having to go up and look up the original post.