hell to pay

基本解释

I do believe we're going to figure this out, but if we don't, there's going to be hell to pay.
我相信我們將解決該問題，但如果我們無法解決，那麽將付出慘重的代價。
Were the yen ever to rise sharply (making the trade unprofitable), there could be hell to pay in the markets.
一旦日元大幅陞值(令到這些套息磐無利可圖)會在市場上造成可怕的後果。
If you were caught with tobacco there was hell to pay, and if you went in with money (which is against the law) God help you.
要是被他發現你身上帶著菸卷，那你就慘了；要是被他發現你身上帶著錢（這是違法的），那你就衹能乞求上帝的保祐了。

But when they got there, there was hell to pay.
然而但凡兵鋒所指之処皆是一片生霛塗炭
耶魯公開課 - 歐洲文明課程節選
It's a noble insurrection against royal authority, and in Auvergne in central France you have people rising up against their lords saying, "Hell with you. We're not going to pay anymore."
這是場反抗王室權威的光榮起義,在法國中部的奧弗涅,反抗領主的人們奮起抗爭,"你去死吧,我們再也不會交任何東西了"
耶魯公開課 - 歐洲文明課程節選

But there will be hell to pay if anyone ever tries to allow them to expire.
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If Argentina defaults on its debt, there will be hell to pay—and ordinary Argentinians will pay it.
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