hell to pay

serious problems There will be hell to pay when you get back home.

Usage notes: used to describe the result of an action

Great trouble, as in If we're wrong there'll be hell to pay. [c. 1800]

Great trouble: If we're wrong, there'll be hell to pay.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Oliviero	o-lee-VYE-ro	Italian
Hesiod	HES-ee-əd (English), HEE-see-əd (English)	Ancient Greek (Anglicized)
Ssanyu	-	Eastern African, Ganda
Gaye	[gei]
Vilja	-	Finnish
Albaer	al-BER	Limburgish