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there'll be hell to pay
informal
Definition
something you say which means someone will be very angry if something happens
There'll be hell to pay if she doesn't get the money in time.
(Definition of there'll be hell to pay from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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- there is no holding sb (back)
- There wasn't a dry eye in the house.
- there you are
- there you go
- there you go again
- there'll be hell to pay
- There's a good boy/girl/dog!
- there's a lot of it about
- There's a time and a place (for everything).
- there's little to be said for sth
- There's many a slip twixt cup and lip.
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