there'll be hell to pay

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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.

See also: hell, pay

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The moment you ask for a loan there'll be hell to pay and you'll hear a litany of complaints and censure about your work. When Your Toxic Boss Won't Lend You Her Ears and You Need a Payday ... by Andrei Myers / Finance and Investment community When the Boss finds out there'll be hell to pay, Will he take the loss out of my pay? Your Poem Youthful Employment by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) In fact, I'm so convinced of it I'd like to warn all you gig promoters out there now: if the lilies in the dressing room don't match my anorak, there'll be hell to pay. Lucy Sweet: Lucky break for the band by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)			There are no flies on there are plenty more fish in the sea There are plenty more where came from There are plenty of fish in the sea There are tricks in every trade There are two sides to every question There aren't enough hours in the day There but for the grace of God there is a fine line between There is a remedy for everything except death There is a tide in the affairs of men There is a time and a place for everything There is honor among thieves There is more to than meets the eye There is no accounting for taste there is no doing there is no love lost There is no pleasure without pain There is no rest for the weary There is no royal road to learning there is no such thing There is nothing new under the sun There is safety in numbers There wasn't a dry eye in the house There will be hell to pay there'll be hell to pay there's [much lot etc.] to be said for There's a time and a place There's life in the old dog yet There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip There's many a slip twixt cup and lip There's many a true word spoken in jest there's method in madness There's more than one way to skin a cat There's no accounting for taste There's no accounting for taste! There's no flies on There's no fool like an old fool there's no law against There's no peace for the wicked! There's no place like home There's no rose without a thorn There's no smoke without fire There's no such thing as a free lunch there's no telling There's no time like the present There's no time to lose There's nobody home There's none so blind as those who will not see There's none so deaf as those who will not hear			There Is Nothing Left to Lose There Is Nothing New Under the Sun There Is Nothing to Talk About There Is Only One Way to Do It There Is Only One You Know There is safety in numbers there is something There is trouble brewing There Ought to Be A Law There Oughta Be A Law There Was A Time There was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe there wasn't a dry eye there wasn't a dry eye there wasn't a dry eye there wasn't a dry eye There wasn't a dry eye in the house There wasn't a dry eye in the house There wasn't a dry eye in the house There wasn't a dry eye in the house There wasn't a dry eye in the house There We Are Then There Will Be Blood There will be hell to pay There will be the devil to pay there you are there you are There You Go There You Go There You Go there'll be hell to pay there's [much lot etc.] to be said for There's A Good Lad There's a Good Lass There's a Lot of it About there's a method to madness there's a thing there's a thing there's a thing There's a time and a place There's Always Next Year there's for you there's for you there's for you there's honor among thieves there's honor among thieves There's Life in the Old Dog Yet There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip There's many a slip twixt cup and lip There's many a true word spoken in jest there's method in madness There's more than one way to do it There's more than one way to do it There's More Than One Way to do This There's more than one way to skin a cat there's more to than meets the eye there's more to than meets the eye there's more to than meets the eye There's no accounting for taste There's no accounting for taste

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