hell breaks loose



(all) hell breaks loose

great confusion and excitement suddenly develops All hell broke loose when the mayor proposed a 10% pay cut for city employees.
Related vocabulary: break loose
See also: break, hell, loose

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
PerliePURL-eeEnglish (Rare)
Jaya-Hinduism, Tamil, Indian, Telugu, Hindi, Marathi
Miron (1)MEE-rawn (Polish)Romanian, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish
ElÇIn-Azerbaijani
Clelia-Italian
Pranay-Indian, Hindi, Marathi