to hell and back

to hell and back

Through a difficult, trying, or perilous situation and having overcome it. Josh and I have been to hell and back growing up, so I knew I had to have him as my best man at my wedding. Wow, it sounds like you went to hell and back on that trip! I'm just glad you're home safe now.
See also: and, back, hell
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

to ˈhell and back

(informal) used to say that somebody has been through a difficult situation: We’d been to hell and back together and we were still good friends.
See also: and, back, hell
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • been to hell and back
  • have been to hell and back
  • be hell on
  • be hell on (one)
  • be hell on wheels
  • hell and high water
  • hell of a
  • hell of a (person or thing)
  • hell of a someone/something
  • a hell of a
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Critique: Simply stated, no community or academic library 20th Century European History collection can be considered complete or up-to-date without the inclusion of Ian Kershaw's "To Hell and Back: Europe 1914-1949".
To Hell and Back: Europe 1914-1949
However, as Jeff Abernathy argues in To Hell and Back: Race and Betrayal in the Southern Novel, "hell" only voices half the direction of Huck's moral odyssey.
He tests the argument of To Hell and Back himself by considering how it might be applied to black-white pairings in the works of African American novelists.
Jeff Abernathy. To Hell and Back: Race and Betrayal in the Southern Novel
She has been to hell and back and this deal could drag her back to hell."
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