put (one) through hell
put (one) through hell
To cause someone intense anguish, stress, or grief. Our father's death put everyone through hell, but my little sister is by far the most distraught. People in my high school put me through hell as a kid. I couldn't get out of there fast enough.
See also: hell, put, through
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- put (one) through the mill
- through the mill
- through the mill, to go/to be put
- go through the mill
- go through/put somebody through the mill
- gnaw
- gnaw (at) (someone's) vitals
- grief
- come to grief
- come to grief, to