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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

what is "malevolent hellspawn"??

Saw this on Modern Family

"But I didn't want to get halfway into a trip to Yellowstone before Phil discovered what malevolent hellspawn we have for children Whom I love very much."

In this, I do not understand what "malevolent hellspawn we have for children" means. I think it is kinda metaphor but can not know the exact meaning. HELP plz...
  

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The person is jokingly saying that their children are evil demons from ****.

— Blue Jay

  • The person is jokingly saying that their children are evil demons from ****.
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The person is jokingly saying that their children are evil demons from ****.
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Anonymousmalevolent hellspawn
evil creatures from ****

Apparently, the children were acting up (behaving badly) on the trip.

CJ
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Thanks for reply.

I'm curious what is the meaning of 'have' in here, "malevolent hellspawn we have for children".
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Anonymousmalevolent hellspawn [that] we have || for children
evil creatures from **** that we have ~ evil creatures from **** that are ours ~ evil creatures from **** that belong to us

for children ~ as children ~ that are (at the same time) children ~ that count as children

Similarly: Dry bread is the only thing we have for breakfast
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