hell to pay
Example Sentences
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For Bondi, a woman who just hours ago was touting the president’s work ethic, there was hell to pay.
From Slate ● Mar. 8, 2025
Bernadette Spofforth, 55, from Chester was arrested on 8 August after reposting the fake name, commenting that if it were true there would be "hell to pay".
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2024
He did not identify the Kremlin faction but said that it continued its attempts to sow discord, it would have "hell to pay".
From Reuters ● Jun. 3, 2023
“There’s going to be hell to pay for this.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2022
He rubbed his hand across his free and muttered to himself, “There’s going to be hell to pay now.”
From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe
