sin

as sin

A phrase used as an intensifier for a negative description or situation. I wouldn't buy that painting, it's ugly as sin.
See also: sin
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

sin

n. synthetic marijuana. (Drugs. From synthetic.) Most of this stuff the kids put down good money for is not sin but angel dust.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • (as) miserable as sin
  • (as) ugly as sin
  • a multitude of sins
  • as sin
  • as ugly as sin
  • be (as) ugly as sin
  • besetting sin
  • cardinal sin
  • cover a multitude of sins
  • cover/hide a multitude of sins
  • fall into
  • fall into sin
  • for (one's) sins
  • for my sins
  • for your sins
  • hate (someone or something) like sin
  • hate like sin
  • hide a multitude of sins
  • let he that is without sin cast the first stone
  • let he who is without sin cast the first stone
  • let him that is without sin cast the first stone
  • let him who is without sin cast the first stone
  • like sin
  • live in sin
  • live in sin, to
  • miserable/ugly as sin
  • more sinned against than sinner
  • more sinned against than sinning
  • multitude of sins
  • multitude of sins, cover a
  • old sins cast long shadows
  • old sins have long shadows
  • poverty is no sin
  • Poverty is not a crime
  • poverty is not a sin
  • sin
  • sin against
  • sin against (someone or something)
  • sin bin
  • sin tax
  • sin-bin
  • the wages of sin (is death)
  • The wages of sin is death
  • ugly as sin
  • wages of sin, the
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'You must make conscious effort to avoid sins and you should not abuse the mercy of God because sins accuse Christians before God.'
Yet the church still maintains its mortal sin status for this omission.
The "sin" of impiety.  A polite atheist isn't going to go out of his way to insult a religious person.  But at the same time, an atheist is not likely to attend church, pray, honor the name of a god, or participate in any sort of religious ritual.  If you define this sort of lack of piety as a "sin," then yes, the atheist sins by omission every minute of every day.  While some of us are glad to have Sunday morning free (if you're in a Christian-oriented country), it's not like an atheist sets out to be as impious as he can.  It's simply an aspect of who he is ...
Bf (t) = [[infinity].summation over (n=1)] [a.sub.n+1] sin nt = [[infinity].summation over (n=1)] [a.sub.n] sin (n - 1)t.
This one grand hypothesis of original sin is believed to account for all the evil among men.
Before we look to the more immediate work of our colleagues, we do well to consider how sin functioned in the church for the years before Vatican II.
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When we commit sin, we're transgressing against ourselves, and transgression by definition is an imbalance.
A mechanism for atonement and forgiveness of sin is central to all religions.
The core of Sin denims is about comfort with innovations in style to match the new age consumer needs.
[[summation].sup.n.sub.k = 0] sin kx = sin(1/2nx) sin[1/2(n + 1)x] sin(1/2x),
30 -- If the bishops' council in Kerala has its way, alcohol consumption would become a sin for over 5 million Catholics in the State.