what means the same as gall
If one were âin the gall of bitterness,â then one might be said to be full of some really bad, âtoxicâ ideas. However, when the two nouns that are linked together both âmeanâ the same thing, the effect is intensification: âheart of heartsâ means âinnermost feelingsâ and so on. So we need to know what the two nouns mean. Bitterness is a sharp pain, more or less. Gall, however, is a bit more complicated. It can mean âbitter feeling,â in which case this expression intensifies the expression of pain: one who is âin the gall of bitternessâ is experiencing the bitterest of pains.