all hell broke loose



all hell broke loose

all sorts of wild or terrible things happened. When the boss left early for the weekend, all hell broke loose.
See also: all, broke, hell, loose

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Teresate-RE-sah (Spanish, Polish), te-RE-zah (Italian, German), TE-re-sah (Finnish), tə-REE-sə (English), tə-REE-zə (English)Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Finnish, Polish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English
Jennings[dʒeniŋz]
Blagorodna-Macedonian, Bulgarian
Aarti-Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Tatum['teitəm]
Leoffl&Aelig;D-Anglo-Saxon