Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hell_to_pay

1 sense of hell to pay

Sense 1
hell to pay -- (dire consequences; "when the pig ran away there was hell to pay")
       => consequence, import, moment -- (having important effects or influence; "decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself"; "virtue is of more moment than security"; "that result is of no consequence")