Red Adair

I've done made a deal with the devil. He said he's going to give me an air-conditioned place when I go down there, if I go there, so I won't put all the fires out.

American Celebrity

Emo Philips

Probably the worst time in a person's life is when they have to kill a family member because they are the devil. But otherwise it's been a pretty good day.

American Comedian

Joyce Meyer

Our enemy, the devil, wants to control us, and his target is our will. The main way he tries to influence our will is through lying to us.

American Author

Marilyn Monroe

I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am just a small girl in a big world trying to find someone to love.

American Actress

Laurence Sterne

So much of motion, is so much of life, and so much of joy, and to stand still, or get on but slowly, is death and the devil.

Irish Novelist

Martin Luther

If you young fellows were wise, the devil couldn't do anything to you, but since you aren't wise, you need us who are old.

German Leader

William James

The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as we keep our foot upon his neck.

American Philosopher

Saint Teresa of Avila

I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.

Spanish Saint

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Let the devil catch you but by a single hair, and you are his forever.

German Critic

Francois Rabelais

French Clergyman

Originally linked to religious beliefs about evil beings opposing good.

Religious Origin

Evokes fear or disapproval, often used to scare or warn people.

Negative Emotion

In modern usage, it's not always a literal belief but can be metaphorical.

Not Literal

Used affectionately for someone who is mischievous but not harmful.

Playful Teasing

Calling someone a 'devil' can be friendly banter rather than an insult.

Not Always Insult

Highlights the extreme or annoying nature of a problem.

Extreme Problem

Used to express personal frustration with a difficult situation.

Express Frustration

Refers to a specific cooking method that involves spicy seasonings.

Culinary Technique

Implies a dish has been made particularly spicy or hot.

Spice Level

To 'devil' someone is to annoy them continuously.

Persistent Annoyance

The action is often seen as irritating but not seriously harmful.

Not Serious

 I mean, I hate to say, yeah, it's a bit stereotype but it's the stuff of nightmares. It really is. It's like you know you couldn't make it up, could you? But it does, it exists. But it's a monster, it is a monster. This one is called the snag tooth sea devil. I like the names of them as well. Look at that. They're very characteristic, aren't they? Very characteristic.

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 is a waking nightmare in which my devils are so terrifying that all my angels have already fled. So would I take the pill? In an instant. That said, I don't wish to be seen as regretting the life I could have had if I'd not been mentally ill, nor am I asking anyone for their pity.

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 She wrote, "When one reads of a witch being ducked, of a woman possessed by devils, of a wise woman selling herbs, or even a very remarkable man who had a mother, then I think we're on the track of a lost novelist, a suppressed poet,

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Devil

Religious Origin

Negative Emotion

Not Literal

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