holy terror

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holy terror (plural holy terrors)

  1. 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.
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