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
CobyKO-beeEnglish
Lang[læŋ]
Josephine['dʒəuzifi:n]
Alberich-Ancient Germanic, Germanic Mythology
Harmonia-Greek Mythology
BlazeBLAYZEnglish (Modern)