there'll be hell to payspoken not politeANGRYPUNISH used to say that people will be very angry 〔某人〕会非常愤怒的If they find us there’ll be hell to pay. 如果他们发现我们,那可就麻烦了。
there’ll be hell to pay• If he doesn't do it on time, there'll be hell to pay.
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