There will be hell to pay.
- There will be hell to pay.
There will be hell to pay. & There will be the devil to pay.
Inf. There will be a lot of trouble if something is done or if something is not done. (See also
have There will be the devil to pay. the devil to pay.) •
Fred: If you break another window, Andy, there will be hell to pay. Andy: I didn't do it! I didn't.
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Bill: I'm afraid there's no time to do this one. I'm going to skip it. Bob: There will be hell to pay if you do.
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Bill broke a window, and now there will be the devil to pay.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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there will be hell to pay — ► there will be hell to pay informal serious trouble will result. Main Entry: ↑hell … English terms dictionary
There will be hell to pay. — sent. Things will be so bad that one will have to bribe the devil to straighten them out. (Use caution with hell.) □ If I don’t get this done on time, there will be hell to pay. □ There’ll be hell to pay if we miss the plane … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
there will be hell to pay — informal serious trouble will result. → hell … English new terms dictionary
there will be hell to pay — informal serious trouble will occur as a result of a previous action … Useful english dictionary
there'll be hell to pay — there’ll be hell to pay informal phrase used for saying that someone will be in a lot of trouble There’ll be hell to pay if she finds out. Thesaurus: ways of warning or advising someonesynonym Main entry: hell … Useful english dictionary
there'll be hell to pay — informal something that you say which means someone will be very angry if something happens. There ll be hell to pay if she doesn t get the money in time … New idioms dictionary
there'll be hell to pay — informal used for saying that someone will be in a lot of trouble There ll be hell to pay if she finds out … English dictionary
hell to pay — serious problems. There will be hell to pay when you get back home. Usage notes: used to describe the result of an action … New idioms dictionary
hell to pay — noun dire consequences (Freq. 2) when the pig ran away there was hell to pay • Hypernyms: ↑consequence, ↑import, ↑moment * * * phrasal : the devil to pay … Useful english dictionary
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Hell to Pay (album) — Infobox Album | Name = Hell to Pay Type = Album Artist = Killwhitneydead. Released = June 5, 2007 Recorded = Genre = Deathcore Length = 35:07 Label = Tribunal Producer = Reviews = Last album = So Plastic So Pretty (2004) This album = Hell to Pay… … Wikipedia
