“Raise hell and put a chunk under it” is simply an intensified version of the phrase “raise hell,” meaning “to cause trouble” or “create a noisy disturbance.” This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Raise Hell and Put a Chunk Under It”
I love this way that English speakers have of elaborating on phrases to make them even more powerful.
I was looking at a dictionary of words from the Old West the other day, and there was the phrase raise hell, but then there were elaborations of it.
And my favorite was raise hell and stick a chunk under it.
Isn’t that nice?
Right.
It’s like raise hill and prop it up a little bit.
So you’re like putting a wagon up and put a chunk under it so you can work underneath, right?
There you go. Yeah.
Yeah.
Raise Mary Hill and put a shingle on it.
Right, like raising a house, right?
Yeah.
