A common response to the superfluous wants of someone in which situation there is either no ability or desire to respond to said wants. In other
words,
people in hell
may want ice water, but the Devil has no desire to give it to them because they're in hell and now they have to deal with it.
Johnny: Dad, I really want a new BMW since Jason down the street got one.
Dad: Well,
people in hell want ice water. You'
re going to continue to drive your 1999
piece-of-shit Toyota.