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This may also be a reference to tautological duplication in many English place names constructed from multiple languages, such as Pendle Hill (hill hill hill), and the anecdotal but apparently incorrect Torpenhow hill (which is alleged to mean hill hill hill hill, but probably doesn't). –
Although the heavily fortified Hill 937 was of little strategic value, U.S. command ordered its capture by a frontal assault. The hill was finally taken at the cost of 72 Americans killed and 372 wounded. Losses on the North Vietnamese side are estimated at more than 630 dead.
From Wiktionary (adjusted): [Noun phrase]: hill to die on (plural hills to die on) (idiomatic usage): An issue to pursue with wholehearted conviction and/or single-minded focus, with little or no regard to the cost. Etymology: an allusion to the military practice of capturing/holding a hill (high ground), no matter the cost or (lack of) benefit ...
John D's suggestion of 'summit' is not incorrect, however I would avoid its use when talking about a hill or mountain as you might end up repeating the word (to summit the summit). Instead, I'd recommend the use of the transitive verb surmount with much the same meaning.
1. In the context indicated (hills), I find that the opposite of steep is most clearly expressed in the form of two-word phrase using one of the words already mentioned in previous answers, plus the word sloping, such as gently sloping, or gradually sloping. Share. Improve this answer. answered Apr 15, 2011 at 3:10.
The expression downhill all the way (also, all downhill from here), can indicate both a positive or a negative trend as it can metaphorically suggest both an easy descent down a hill and a downward move to a lower ( possibly negative) level. To avoid misunderstanding you need to be clear about what is meant.
Hello, feylyer. Thanks for visiting ELU. The problem with your question is that although Everest is obviously a mountain and Bilbo lived under a hill, the distinction between hills and mountains gets very indistinct for less clear-cut cases, and is country-, region- and general terrain-dependent. –
The expression "It's all up hill from here!" and "It's all down hill from here!" mean that things will only get better or things will only get worst. Metaphorically going uphill can provide for a better position, while going down hill is easier. Which expression represents which way? phrases. expressions.
There is no way to know. As mentioned in a comment, using the indefinite article "a" does not mean that the hikers could not have climbed the same hill. "There was an event at the park. Each participant crossed a stream, climbed a hill, and rode a bike 5 kilometers." There is only one stream and one hill in the park.
A hill of solid earth, or a hill after a huge fire that burnt everything. Maybe @Greybeard's suggestion of covered by sheets of rock is plausible, too, though I haven't thought of it when I first read the expression.