Sam Hill

Sam Hill

euphemism Hell. Usually used for emphasis, almost exclusively in the phrase "what in (the) Sam Hill." What in Sam Hill are you kids doing in here? You're going to wake the whole neighborhood! What in the Sam Hill made you decide to fight one of your classmates?
See also: hill, SAM
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • amount
  • about to do
  • name for else Go to name after
  • why
  • fend for oneself Go to shift for
  • help get a foothold
  • find oneself in the market
  • have eye out
  • remain ahead
  • a little off Go to a bit
References in periodicals archive
The Battling Fat Lads are Phil Russell, Mike Sullivan, Simon Watts, Phil Hill, Matt Grist, James Breeze, Steve King and Sam Hill.
It was terrific that Sam Hill won the last race, by a mile.
Sam Hill won the ladies flight with 32 points, beating ex-club captain Dena Wales on the count back.
McDonagh cut the ball back for Rooney, who took too long with virtually the whole goal to aim for and was denied by Sam Hill, while Newton saw a superb first-time curling effort just past the far post with Donkin stranded.
The chance initially looked gone after Josh Bassett was turned over running out of defence, but the visitors' No.9 snapped up a loose ball, swapped passes with Sam Hill and raced over, leaving Slade with an easy conversion.
"He could both loosen fiscal policy at a time when the economy may well need it but also he could claim that he wasn't completely abandoning the conservative's concern for being responsible with the public finances," said Sam Hill, senior UK economist at RBC Capital Markets.
But the game turned on the final 15 minutes, Will Welch's sin-binning and Gareth Steenson's second penalty nudging Exeter ahead before Sam Hill and Elvis Taione grabbed late tries.
There are seven uncapped players, with Sam Hill, Josh Beaumont, Jack Clifford, Elliot Daly, Ollie Devoto, Paul Hill and Maro Itoje featuring.
Backs: Chris Ashton (Saracens), Mike Brown (Harlequins), Danny Care (Harlequins), Elliot Daly (Wasps), Ollie Devoto (Bath) injury replacement for Manu Tuilagi (Leicester), Owen Farrell (Saracens), George Ford (Bath), Alex Goode (Saracens), Sam Hill (Exeter) injury replacement for Henry Slade (Exeter), Jonathan Joseph (Bath), Jack Nowell (Exeter), Anthony Watson (Bath), Marland Yarde (Harlequins), Ben Youngs (Leicester).
Two of the new inclusions, Devoto and Sam Hill, were named as injury replacements for Tuilagi and Henry Slade respectively.
Exeter are without Sam Hill, Will Chudley and Olly Woodburn.
Quest expects to remain headquartered in Sandpoint, Idaho under the existing leadership team led by Sam Hill.
''Everyone is just trying to find out if their friends are hurt,'' said Sam Hill, editor of the university's paper.
Ken Travis; MASKS & WIGS, Sam Hill; SPECIAL EFFECTS, Jeremy Chernick; CHOREOGRAPHY, Sam Pinkleton; MUSICAL DIRECTION, Mike Brun; PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER.