devil to pay

devil to pay
{n. phr.} Great trouble. - Used after "the". * /There'll be the devil to pay when the teacher finds out who broke the window./ * /When Jim wrecked his father's car, there was the devil to pay./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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