What does the phrase," hurts like h**l" mean?

Question

I am not asking what h**l is like in a religion way. I am asking like if you got hurt, pysically, mentally.

Answer 1

h**l is supposedly painful, bloody, hot, etc., so when something hurts very much, it is said to Hurt Like h**l.

Answer 2

apparently h**l hurts. let's try not to find out.

Answer 3

Terrible, very strong pain!

Unbearable!!!!

Answer 4

well. do u imagine h**l to be pleasant?

Answer 5

The 1st time I heard that saying was from a Aretha Franklin's song "It Hurts Like h**l". In the song it says "you feel a thousand miles from happiness, sometimes the pain is just too much and it hurts like h**l that's the way it feels".

Answer 6

Obviously you haven't experienced excruciating pain.  

That hurts like h**l.

Answer 7

Hurts extremely badly.