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
Adebola-Western African, Yoruba
MalachiMAL-ə-kie (English)Hebrew, English, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Miquel-Catalan
SzilviaSEEL-vee-awHungarian
Agataah-GAH-tah (Italian, Spanish, Polish)  Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Polish, Slovene, Russian, Croatian, Serbian
Ira['aiərə]