holy terror

He was a ruthless criminal—a holy terror, not a gentleman—and his name alone paralyzed the police.

A former Olympic hammer thrower, the Crunchem Hall headmistress is described as “a gigantic holy terror, a fierce tyrannical monster who frightened the life out of the pupils and teachers alike.”

In the wind, it can be a holy terror.

"She was a demon. As soon as my father was out of the way she became a holy terror. My life was a nightmare."

Kayla’s holy terror, in “Bombshell,” as Ailes stakes his sweaty claim, may be devastating, but the violation of Eurídice is worse, not least because, though a nightmare, it isn’t yet a crime.