swear like a pagan
English
Verb
swear like a pagan
- (simile) to swear very rudely
- 2014, Helen Hagen, Evrard, Lord of Ethe, Books on Demand, translation of original by Ludovic Dispaux, →ISBN, page 218:
- Foulon began to swear like a pagan, shouting: ‘Get thee hence, thou rogue and blackguard! Thou shalt not have my wheat, or else I shall pay thee with a musket blow in the belly!’
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Synonyms
- curse like a pagan
- curse like a sailor, swear like a sailor
- curse like a trooper, swear like a trooper
Translations
swear very rudely — see swear like a trooper