hell to pay
Example Sentences
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For Bondi, a woman who just hours ago was touting the president’s work ethic, there was hell to pay.
From Slate • Mar. 8, 2025
Bernadette Spofforth, 55, from Chester was arrested on 8 August after reposting the fake name, commenting that if it were true there would be "hell to pay".
From BBC • Sep. 18, 2024
He did not identify the Kremlin faction but said that it continued its attempts to sow discord, it would have "hell to pay".
From Reuters • Jun. 3, 2023
Harvey responded, “It’s going to be a lot of hell to pay at your house.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 24, 2023
If he ever pulled the pointer antics with, say, somebody like Carter, there’d be hell to pay.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
