hell on a holiday

hell on a holiday

Rur. a big commotion. (Use caution with hell.) It was hell on a holiday outside the stadium when the team won the big game. What's going on down on Main Street? Sounds like hell on a holiday!
See also: hell, holiday, on
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • make big
  • make it big
  • be (not) big on (something)
  • big on
  • big on (something)
  • do something in a big/small way
  • in a big way
  • the big C
  • big-C
  • big C