hell to pay | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Veryunpleasantconsequences; a great deal oftrouble.1912,Mary Roberts Rinehart, “The Miracle”, inLove Stories:"When I'm hungry, there'shell to payif I'm not fed quick."1921,Zane Grey, chapter 3, inTo The Last Man:"I told him I had sent for you an' when you got heah these slippery, mysterious thieves, whoever they were, would shore havehell to pay."2009November 16,Amy Sullivan, “Can Dems Resolve Their Abortion Split?”, inTime, retrieved28 August 2013:Congressman Bart Stupak of Michigan . . . vows that "there will behell to pay" if his language gets stripped out of, or weakened in, the final legislation.

Examples:

EN: If Yatagoro's men catch you, there'll be hell to pay
ES: Si te cogen los hombres de Yatagoro, pasarás por un infierno.
EN: And then, of course, if they don't get to her on time, there's hell to pay.
ES: Además, está claro, que si no llegan a tiempo hay un berrinche que no hay quien Io aguante.
EN: But there will be hell to pay when her husband finds out.
ES: Pero será un infierno cuando su marido se entere.
EN: Tomorrow evening, if your daughter ...were to repeat that she doesn't want to marry me, there'll be all hell to pay for, Don Pasquale!
ES: Si mañana por la noche ocurriera que su hija dijera que no quiere casarse conmigo... ¡Aquí se arma la de San Quintín, Don Pasquale!
EN: Tomorrow morning, I'll come by and there'll be hell to pay!
ES: Mañana iré a por ti y te daré una somanta de palos.
EN: - there'll be hell to pay for.
ES: -¡Aquí se va a armar la de San Quintín!
EN: Let the corporal do it, or there shall be hell to pay!
ES: Han sido ellos. ¡Dejad que lo haga el cabo u os saldrá caro!
EN: Watch your words, or there'll be hell to pay.
ES: Mide tus palabras, o las pagarás.
EN: Osugi finds out, it'll be hell to pay.
ES: Procura que Osugi no lo descubra.
EN: If Louise learns about Eva, there'll be hell to pay at home.
ES: Si Louise se entera de lo de Eva, tendré un infierno en casa.
EN: Either Rosaura and I get married, or there'll be hell to pay!
ES: ¡O Rosaura se casa con Ud. o arderá Troya!
EN: I have hell to pay.
ES: Tengo mucho que pagar.
EN: If anybody follows us, there'll be pure hell to pay!
ES: ¡Si alguien nos sigue, lo pagará caro!
EN: There'll be hell to pay, but give me a reason and I'll do it.
ES: Se armará la gorda, pero dame una razón y lo haré.
EN: One day you'd find yourself in trouble, and there'd be hell to pay just figuring out who.
ES: Un día tendrá problemas y será un gran lío saber quién ha sido.

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