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- hell to pay
hell to pay
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
hell to pay
Great trouble, as in If we're wrong there'll be hell to pay. [c. 1800]
hell to pay
Great trouble: If we're wrong, there'll be hell to pay.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Eidel | | - | Yiddish |
Chet | | CHET | English |
Rositsa | | - | Bulgarian |
Nydia | | NID-ee-ə (English) | English (Rare), Spanish, Literature |
CoŞKun | | - | Turkish |
Bill | | BIL | English |