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Jun 4, 2017 at 15:41	comment	added	Lambie		fire and brimstone is a very old phrase and is not specifically American at all. It is associated with a style of preaching, of course, but trying googling Protestant Reformation and fire and brimstone.
Feb 11, 2011 at 1:13	comment	added	PLL		more specifically than doom and gloom, I’d think of fire-and-brimstone oratory as full of moral injunctions backed up with invocations (even threats) of danger. If Paul Krugman explains why the economy is inevitably going down the toilet, that’s doom and gloom. If he tells us that we must invest with responsible banks, or else we will all be responsible for the coming famines — that’s fire and brimstone!
Feb 11, 2011 at 1:09	comment	added	PLL		@jjackson: I’d tend to think of the religious style as being its main meaning, and other uses as an extension of that. If someone says “the teacher gave a fire-and-brimstone talk…”, this does (for me) conjure up a conscious comparison to a preacher, but doesn’t go on to the next stage and conjure up images of the apocalypse.
Feb 10, 2011 at 23:38	comment	added	user502		It's good to note that its use isn't limited to religious situations. "The teacher gave a fire-and-brimstone talk to the mischievous boys."
Feb 10, 2011 at 23:15	history	answered	Marthaª	CC BY-SA 2.5