Bat out of Hell was a common rural expression in the southeast US a half century ago. Meatloaf originated the expression in 1976 or thereabouts with the mid-70s Zeitgeist eponymous album "Bat Out of Hell." The expression 'like a bat out of hell' has been in common UK-English usage for decades meaning to fly, usually figuratively. Bats have been associated with witches and the occult, and therefore thought to originate in the bowels of hell, as they fly quickly as if in panic, to make the comparison with a bat flying out of hell for anything going recklessly fast would seem quite natural and likely to be a country idiom prior to being recorded in print.
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A lowly boss in the original Doom games by id games, the first Baron of Hell was not seen until the last level of the first episode of the first game. On this level, a shocking two Barons appeared, as well as an army of spectres (invisible demons that could bring down health levels fast). The Barons of Hell were enormous, could take more punishment than you could dish out, and fired extremely powerful green magical attacks with 100% accuracy. Fortunately, these energy blasts were slow and easy to avoid, and it's the only kind of attack the Barons knew. Later in the game, they became common enemies, attacking along with entire armies of monsters all at once.
The Barons of Hell should have been included in Doom 3, but were replaced by HellKnights, which were also seen in Doom 2.
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Get the like a bat out of hell mug.One of the circles of hell from Dante's Divine Comedy. It is the circle where the greedy and the materialistic spend eternity. Working in any corporation is like being in the forth circle of hell.
I work for a fortune 500 company with a bunch of greedy assholes who drive BMW's and talk about reality TV. It is like being in the forth circle of hell.
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Get the forth circle of hell mug.The term "bat out of hell" has been incorrectly used for decades. It is actually "Bad out of Hell". As in "They were coming out of there like the bad out of Hell." As if someone opened the gates of Hell. My grandmother used to say this and she was born in 1902. And, think about it....... there are no animals in Hell. They cannot sin.
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Girl: No! You're like a Brother to me! My best friend! I don't wanna ruin our relationship!!
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2nd dude: You've just been sent to the Ninth Circle Of Hell, man. I'm so sorry.
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The Dude: ....
2nd dude: You've just been sent to the Ninth Circle Of Hell, man. I'm so sorry.
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