gate of hell

English

Noun

gate of hell (plural gates of hell)

1. Any of various places on the surface of the world, often in regions of unusual geological activity, that have acquired a legendary reputation as entrances to the underworld.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see gate,‎ hell.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 16:18:

     And I say also vnto thee, that thou art Peter, and vpon this rocke I will build my Church: and the gates of hell shall not preuaile against it.

   • 2023 September 20, Léonie Chao-Fong, quoting António Guterres, “UN chief says ‘humanity has opened gates of hell’ on climate”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎^[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     The UN’s secretary general, António Guterres, said that “humanity has opened the gates of hell” by unleashing worsening heatwaves, floods and wildfires seen around the world but that action to prevent the worst was still possible.

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Coordinate terms

• Styx

Translations

various places on the surface of the world that have acquired a legendary reputation for being entrances to the underworld

• Arabic: بَوَّابَةُ الْجَحِيم f (bawwābatu l-jaḥīm)
• Armenian: դժոխքի դարպաս (džoxkʻi darpas)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鬼門關 / 鬼门关 (zh) (guǐménguān), 地獄之門 / 地狱之门 (dìyù zhī mén)

• Finnish: helvetin portti
• French: porte de l'enfer f
• Georgian: ჯოჯოხეთის კარიბჭე (ǯoǯoxetis ḳaribč̣e)
• German: Tor zur Hölle n
• Hindi: पाताल का द्वार m (pātāl kā dvār)
• Italian: porta dell'inferno f
• Japanese: 地獄の門 (ジごくのもん, jigoku no mon)
• Korean: 지옥의 문 (jiog-ui mun), 지옥으로 가는 문 (jiog-euro ganeun mun)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: دَرْوازِهٔ جَهَنَّم (darvâze-ye jahannam)

• Russian: врата́ а́да n pl (vratá áda)
• Spanish: puerta del infierno f
• Ukrainian: воро́та пе́кла n pl (voróta pékla)
• Urdu: دَرْوازَۂ جَہَنَّم m (darvāza-yi jahannam)