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
NadÈGe	-	French
Vickie	['viki]
Cornelius	kər-NEE-lee-əs (English), kawr-NAY-lee-us (Dutch), kawr-NE-lee-uws (German)	Ancient Roman, English, Dutch, German, Biblical
Slava	-	Russian, Slovene, Croatian
ÉDouard	e-DWAHR	French
Toomas	-	Estonian