There'll be hell to pay when he finds out.

一旦他发现了真相，那麻烦就大了。

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There would be hell to pay when Ferguson and Tony found out about it.

要是弗格森和托妮发现了这事，那麻烦可就大了。

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If and when prices crash, there will be hell to pay.

万一要是价格暴跌，后果不堪设想。

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But when they got there, there was hell to pay.

然而但凡兵锋所指之处皆是一片生灵涂炭

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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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If we don't make real progress very soon, what will happen is we'll lose the support of the Iraqi people, and then there will be hell to pay.

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Alternatively, if these assets are destroyed, and in the process non-combatants are wounded or killed, whether intentionally or not, there will be hell to pay in Western capitals, in an increasingly mischievously minded Kremlin and elsewhere in the Arab world.

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