hell-for-leather

Signification (Anglais)

As fast as possible; recklessly fast.

Concepts

périlleux

Synonymes

headlong

head over heels

helter-skelter

slam-bang

lickety split

Traductions

halsbrecherisch

halsbrekend

muy peligroso

Étymologie (Anglais)

Earliest reference is from 1889 in "The Gadsbys" by Rudyard Kipling, referring to the effect on the leather of a saddle (or perhaps a crop) of riding a horse as fast as possible.