holy terror
English
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Noun
[edit]holy terror (plural holy terrors)
- A frightening person, especially a misbehaving child.
- 2006 January 29, Tom Armstrong, Marvin (comic):
- Your son has been a holy terror! He kept getting into trouble and refusing to mind me! After repeatedly trying to get him to behave, I finally gave up. I wimped out. I have the womb to be a parent, but not the backbone.