match made in hell in English

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    {
      "word": "match made in heaven"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "matches made in hell",
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        "A relationship that is likely to be unhappy or unsuccessful because the two partners are very incompatible with each other."
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        "(idiomatic) A relationship that is likely to be unhappy or unsuccessful because the two partners are very incompatible with each other."
      ],
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    },
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        {
          "ref": "2021, Taylor Moore, Down Range, HarperCollins",
          "text": "Two Agencies. Same team. Different objectives. It was a match made in hell, but policy makers back in Washington expected everyone to sing kumbaya for the good of the country.",
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        }
      ],
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        "A very unsuccessful or conflicting combination of two people or things."
      ],
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        "(by extension) A very unsuccessful or conflicting combination of two people or things."
      ],
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    }
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "word": "match made in hell"
}

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      "word": "match made in heaven"
    }
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        "plural"
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    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "A relationship that is likely to be unhappy or unsuccessful because the two partners are very incompatible with each other."
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) A relationship that is likely to be unhappy or unsuccessful because the two partners are very incompatible with each other."
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A very unsuccessful or conflicting combination of two people or things."
      ],
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        "(by extension) A very unsuccessful or conflicting combination of two people or things."
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
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    }
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"match made in hell" meaning in English

Noun

Inflected forms