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
Innokenty	-	Russian
Marcia	['ma:sjə]
AndĚL	-	Czech
Arnold	AHR-nəld (English), AHR-nawlt (German)	English, German, Ancient Germanic
AljaŽ	-	Slovene
&Aelig;Lfgar	-	Anglo-Saxon