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hell to pay
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hell to pay
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 messFor further exploring for "hell to pay" in Webster Dictionary Online