smite hip and thigh

English

Etymology

Derived from a phrase in the book of Judges, verse 15:8, taking the first half of the sentence as synonymous with the rest.[1]

Phrase

smite hip and thigh

  1. To defeat overwhelmingly.

References
  1. The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1611, →OCLC, Judges 15:8.: “And he smote them hip and thigh, with a great slaughter; and hee went down and dwelt in the top of the rocke Etam.”
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