"hell to pay" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1912, Mary Roberts Rinehart, “The Miracle”, in Love Stories",
          "text": "\"When I'm hungry, there's hell to pay if I'm not fed quick.\"",
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          "ref": "1921, Zane Grey, chapter 3, in To The Last Man",
          "text": "\"I told him I had sent for you an' when you got heah these slippery, mysterious thieves, whoever they were, would shore have hell to pay.\"",
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          "ref": "2009 November 16, Amy Sullivan, “Can Dems Resolve Their Abortion Split?”, in Time, retrieved 2013-08-28",
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        "Very unpleasant consequences; a great deal of trouble."
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        "(idiomatic) Very unpleasant consequences; a great deal of trouble."
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