Definition of a world of hurt
a world of hurt
noun
- a very bad place.
If you don't clean your room, you're going to be in a world of hurt.
If I catch you in my room, you're gonna enter a world of hurt.
Last edited on Apr 29 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Mar 30 2010.
- a large amount of pain or despair.
Citation from "What's a "hurt locker"?", BBC News Magazine, 8 March 2010 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Mar 30 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Mar 30 2010.
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