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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Abimbola	-	Western African, Yoruba
Hester	['hestə]
Takondwa	tah-KON-dwah	Southern African, Chewa
Andrzej	AHND-zhay	Polish
Ghadir	-	Arabic
Julia	JOO-lee-ə (English), YOO-lee-ah (German, Swedish, Danish, Finnish), HOO-lyah (Spanish), YUWL-yah (Polish), YOO-lee-yah (Russian), YOO:-lee-ah (Ancient Roman)	English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Spanish, Polish, Finnish, Russian, Ukrainian, An