forty minutes of hell: meaning & examples

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Language: English

Meanings:

  • 1.

    generalliteralcolloquialMachine
    • A hyperbolic description of a forty-minute period experienced as extremely unpleasant, exhausting, or intense.

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    • The workout was forty minutes of hell, leaving everyone drenched and gasping for air.

      El entrenamiento fue cuarenta minutos de infierno, dejando a todos empapados y jadeando.

    • I dreaded the meeting—it turned out to be forty minutes of hell dealing with complaints.

      Temía la reunión; resultó ser cuarenta minutos de infierno lidiando con quejas.

    • After running the marathon, the last forty minutes of hell tested my endurance like never before.

      Después de correr el maratón, los últimos cuarenta minutos de infierno pusieron a prueba mi resistencia como nunca antes.

  • 2.

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    • A basketball strategy in which a team applies relentless full-court pressure and aggressive offense for the entire duration of a forty-minute game.

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    • The coach's forty minutes of hell strategy wore down the opponents and secured the win.

      La estrategia de cuarenta minutos de infierno del entrenador agotó a los oponentes y aseguró la victoria.

    • They practiced their forty minutes of hell defense relentlessly to dominate the entire game.

      Practicaron sin descanso su defensa de cuarenta minutos de infierno para dominar todo el partido.

    • Implementing the forty minutes of hell tactic requires excellent stamina and team coordination.

      Implementar la táctica de cuarenta minutos de infierno requiere excelente resistencia y coordinación del equipo.

Examples:

  • EN: Nolan Richardson, who won a national championship at Arkansas using the full-court press for the entire game, called the strategy "forty minutes of hell."
    TE: కొంచెం వెనక్కి వెళుతూ, అర్కాన్సాస్ కోచ్గా ఉన్న నోలాన్ రిచర్డ్సన్, "40 మినిట్స్ ఆఫ్ హెల్" అని పిలవబడే వెఱ్ఱి పూర్తిస్థాయి కోర్టు ప్రెస్ను నడిపించాడు.

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