Hell's bells!

hell's bells

An exclamation of frustration or surprise. A shortened form of the phrase "hell's bells and buckets of blood." Oh, hell's bells—the printer isn't working, and my paper is due in five minutes!
See also: bell
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

Hell's bells (and buckets of blood)!

Inf. an exclamation of anger or surprise. (Use caution with hell.) Alice: Your pants are torn in back. John: Oh, hell's bells! What will happen next? Bill: Well, Jane, looks like you just flunked calculus. Jane: Hell's bells and buckets of blood! What do I do now?
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

Hell’s bells !

verb
See Hell’s bells and buckets of blood!
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • hell's bells
  • hell's bells and buckets of blood
  • Hell’s bells and buckets of blood!
  • hell's teeth
  • wear the cap and bells
  • nine tailors make a man
  • not a cat in hell's chance
  • give her the bells and let her fly
  • bell
  • not have a cat in hell's chance
References in periodicals archive
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HELL'S bells! Legendary rockers AC/DC look set to retire as founding member Malcolm Young is too sick to perform.
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Hell's bells! It was ten to eight, he was expecting to be fed, and he was bringing his wife.
A bad hair day I certainly won't be forgetting
Hell's bells! Now I was going to be subjected to a lifetime of false teeth and Polygrip.
Time for the tooth, and nothing but the tooth