Idiom
hell to pay
Meaning
Very unpleasant consequences; a great deal of trouble.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“If you break that vase, there will be hell to pay.”
“If the boss finds out you deleted those files, there will be hell to pay for the whole team.”
“The politician knew that if the scandal reached the public, there would be hell to pay for his entire administration.”
Examples
simple
“If you break that vase, there will be hell to pay.”
contextual
“If the boss finds out you deleted those files, there will be hell to pay for the whole team.”
complex
“The politician knew that if the scandal reached the public, there would be hell to pay for his entire administration.”
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