the deuce of a






a deuce of a = the deuce of a

something very bad or difficult of its kind

1933 - John Galsworthy - The End of the Chapter – It seems there's a deuce of a fuss in the Bolivian papers.


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the deuce to pay

trouble to be expected



like the deuce

very fast

Deuce was first used in 17th-century English in various exclamatory expressions in which it was equated with bad luck or mischief. Because in dice-playing two (deuce) is the lowest and most unlucky throw. From this there soon developed the sense of deuce as the devil (i.e. bad luck or mischief personified). Deuce as a euphemism for the devil occurs in a number of expressions including those above.




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