have the devil to pay



have the devil to pay

 and have hell to pay
Inf. to have a great deal of trouble. (Use hell with caution.) If you cheat on your income taxes, you'll have the devil to pay. I came home after three in the morning and had hell to pay.
See also: devil, have, pay

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Varya-Russian
AdeleAH-de-lə (German), ə-DEL (English), AH-de-le (Finnish)German, English, Italian, Finnish
Franciscafrahn-THEES-kah (Spanish), frahn-SEES-kah (Latin American Spanish), frən-SEESH-kə (Portuguese)Spanish, Portuguese, Late Roman
Preecha-Thai
Qiang-Chinese
Samar-Arabic