What in Sam Hill?
What in (the) Sam Hill?
An exclamation used to express surprise, shock, anger, disgust, etc. ("Sam Hill" is a minced oath for "hell," used for emphasis.) What in the Sam Hill do you think you're doing? You can't come in here! Just what in Sam Hill is going on here? You spent all that money at a casino? What the Sam Hill, Jake?
See also: SAM, what
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
What in (the) Sam Hill?
Inf. What has happened?; What? (An elaboration of what. Sam Hill is a euphemism for hell. Often with the force of an exclamation. See examples for variations.) What in Sam Hill is going on around here? What in the Sam Hill do you think you are doing?
See also: SAM, what
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
What in Sam Hill?
verbSee What in the Sam Hill?
See also: SAM, what
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
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