So my cousin just said "I played hell trying to stay awake"

[Hankerton]

I've never heard it before and I think he's losing his mind.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Drugs are bad.

 

[Ktulu]

....................

 

[ViviTheMage]

Diablo II LOD ?

 

[Vinfinite]

hes an idiot

 

[mugs]

This is the closest idiom I could find:
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/play+hell+with

Doesn't make a lot of sense.

 

[BoomerD]

Make sense or not, it's a pretty common phrase in the english language.
I played hell trying to ...
Fixing the ...played hell with my patience.
Some people who are averse to using the word "hell", often substitute "hob" instead...
I played hob trying to...

 

[kranky]

Makes no sense. Perhaps he meant "It was hell trying to stay awake".

 

[paulxcook]

Never heard that one. It doesn't make sense to me.

 

[hanoverphist]

he used it incorrectly, but it is a real phrase.

 

[yllus]

I've played Hell a couple of times. Good acoustics. Killer crowd.

 

[IAteYourMother]

isn't it, i've gone to hell and back?

 

[meltdown75]

This old man, he played one, he played knick knack with his thumb.

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: BoomerD
Make sense or not, it's a pretty common phrase in the english language.
I played hell trying to ...
Fixing the ...played hell with my patience.
Some people who are averse to using the word "hell", often substitute "hob" instead...
I played hob trying to...

😕

 

[Hankerton]

So basically what you guys are saying is he's lost it?

 

[Savij]

I think it's some bastardization of "hell to pay"...I paid hell to stay awake.