| 词组 | there will be hell to pay |
| 释义 | there will be hell to payThere will be very negative or severe consequences. There will be hell to pay if you come home after curfew yet again. There will be hell to pay.and 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 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. 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. Bill broke a window, and now there will be the devil to pay. there'll be hell to payYou can say that there'll be hell to pay to warn someone that someone will be very angry if a particular thing happens or if it does not happen. If I forget Nicole's book, there'll be hell to pay. You know what she's like. Next thing she'll find out about that night in Rugby and there'll be hell to pay. Note: In British English, you can also say that there'll be merry hell to pay. `Drop that!' she snarled at Kenny. `If the girls see it, there'll be merry hell to pay!' there will be hell to payserious trouble will occur as a result of a previous action. informalThere 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. |
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