A cracked orange teapot pouring into a blue rain boot beside an orange paper umbrella on wet cobblestones beneath a cloudy sky.

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Jack Colton

One hell of a morning has turned into a bitch of a day!

— Romancing the Stone ‧ 1984

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker describes a difficult morning as having developed into an equally exasperating day. The paired expressions intensify the complaint through repetition and coarse humour. It sounds like a weary verdict on how things are going, without specifying the events behind the frustration.

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