hell-bent for leather

短语

释义与例句

adv.
  1. 1.

    determinedly recklessly, in a manner that lacks restraint.

  2. 2.

    Synonym of hell-for-leather (“very fast”).

  3. 3.

    Synonym of hell-bent (“(recklessly) determined”).

词源

Apparently a blend of hell-bent + hell-for-leather, though sometimes said to have been initially applied to animals which behaved poorly as if they were bent on being turned into leather.

来源：wiktionary