'hell to pay' definitions:
Definition of 'hell to pay'
(from WordNet)
noun
Dire consequences; "when the pig ran away there was hell to pay"
Synonyms of 'hell to pay'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bind,
- clutch,
- complication,
- crunch,
- embarrassing position,
- embarrassment,
- fine how-do-you-do,
- hobble,
- hot water,
- how-do-you-do,
- imbroglio,
- jam,
- mess,
- mix,
- morass,
- parlous straits,
- pass,
- pickle,
- pinch,
- plight,
- predicament,
- pretty pass,
- pretty pickle,
- pretty predicament,
- quagmire,
- quicksand,
- scrape,
- slough,
- spot,
- squeeze,
- stew,
- sticky wicket,
- strait,
- straits,
- swamp,
- tight spot,
- tight squeeze,
- tightrope,
- tricky spot,
- unholy mess