Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
see one in Hell first
English answer:
I will die before I do that/Nothing will make me do that
Added to glossary by
vitaminBcomplex
Jan 17, 2008 20:25
16 yrs ago
English term
see one in Hell first
English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
One man is leading a tiresome climb, the other lags behind (they are not really friends) and when the distance is so much that the one behind cannot see the leading one (who’s not looking back anyway) he thinks, “He wants me to yell to him to wait. I’ll see him in Hell first.”
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Michael Tovbin
United States
United States
Native in English
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English
United States
Commitment to Quality and Deadlines
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
, Russian (Variant: Standard-Russia)
Works in: Russian to English, French to English, English to Russian, and 1 more.
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I will die before I do that/Nothing will make me do that
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thanx, michael"
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4 mins
María Teresa Taylor Oliver
Panama
Panama
Panama
Synesthete with a flair for tasty words!
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Costa Rican, Panamanian, Nicaraguan, Mexican, Peruvian, Venezuelan, Cuban, Honduran, Argentine, US, Guatemalan, Salvadoran, Latin American, Colombian) 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
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it will never happen (I'll see to it that it never happens!)
"If he thinks I'm going to yell 'Wait for me!', he'll wait a long time (because I won't let my weakness show)".
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Note added at 9 mins (2008-01-17 20:34:29 GMT)
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Since there is animosity between them (or at least that's what I interpret, since you say they aren't friends), I see that they have a sort of competition, and the second one doesn't one the other to know he can't keep up with him, doesn't want to show his weakness, perhaps.
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Note added at 13 mins (2008-01-17 20:38:14 GMT)
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http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/see in hell before
see someone in hell before doing something
to never do something. I'll see you in hell before I'll answer your questions.
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Note added at 9 mins (2008-01-17 20:34:29 GMT)
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Since there is animosity between them (or at least that's what I interpret, since you say they aren't friends), I see that they have a sort of competition, and the second one doesn't one the other to know he can't keep up with him, doesn't want to show his weakness, perhaps.
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Note added at 13 mins (2008-01-17 20:38:14 GMT)
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http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/see in hell before
see someone in hell before doing something
to never do something. I'll see you in hell before I'll answer your questions.
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Mark Berelekhis
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Shera Lyn Parpia
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orientalhorizon
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Cristina Santos
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No way in hell will I do that!
vitaminBcomplex:
Here's another angle, just for the heck (hell) of it.
Keeps the "hell" in it too!
Boy, that's one helluva line-up of agrees that Michael has!
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Note added at 18 hrs (2008-01-18 14:56:51 GMT)
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It kind of sounds like a natural transition too:
he thinks, “He wants me to yell to him to wait. No way in hell will I do that!”
Here's another angle, just for the heck (hell) of it.
Keeps the "hell" in it too!
Boy, that's one helluva line-up of agrees that Michael has!
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Note added at 18 hrs (2008-01-18 14:56:51 GMT)
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It kind of sounds like a natural transition too:
he thinks, “He wants me to yell to him to wait. No way in hell will I do that!”
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