all hell broke loose

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

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hendrika	-	Dutch
Lise	LEE-se (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish), LEES (English), LEEZ (English)	French, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English
Emmanouel	-	Biblical Greek
Maksymilian	mahk-si-MEEL-yahn	Polish
Hennie	HEN-nee	Dutch
Thecla	-	Dutch (Rare), Late Greek (Latinized)