rain fire and brimstone
Unleash hellish fury
To rain fire and brimstone is to unleash fierce condemnation or punishment, evoking the biblical destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
A preacher rains fire and brimstone on sinners from the pulpit.
The phrase suggests righteous fury and apocalyptic judgment: My father rained fire and brimstone when he found out I'd wrecked the car.
- SodomDestroyed city of vice
- GomorrahAncient symbol of depravity
- ArmageddonProphesied ultimate conflict
- hellfireEternal punishment by flame
- eternal damnationEverlasting punishment after death
apocalypse · invective · denunciation · judgment · damnation · chastisement · eschatology · annihilation · revelation · wrath · vitriol · end times · day of judgment · prophecy · wrath of God · fury · divine retribution · doomsday
rain fire and brimstonewhisper
Speech without full voice
speak softly · soft-pedal · sugarcoat · mince words · pull punches
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