hell to pay
基本解释
- 嚴厲懲罸；嚴重的後果
英汉例句
- 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.
FORBES: Instead Of Obama's Jobs Plan, Pass Something That Will Work - If Argentina defaults on its debt, there will be hell to pay—and ordinary Argentinians will pay it.
FORBES: Argentina Has the Power to Avoid Catastrophe