SODOM AND GOMORRAH


Meaning of SODOM AND GOMORRAH in English

/ ˌsɒdəm ən gəˈmɒrə; NAmE ˌsɑːdəm ən gəˈmɑːrə; -mɔːrə/ noun

a place that is full of people behaving in a sexually immoral way :

The village had a reputation as a latter-day Sodom and Gomorrah.

ORIGIN: From the names of two cities in the Bible which were destroyed by God to punish the people for their sexually immoral behaviour.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.