hell to pay 

In the days of sailing ships "hell" was the term for the bottom of the boat; the hottest, dankest, smelliest area. To "pay" described mopping tar in "hell" to help keep the ship sea-worthy. It was also the worst job to have handed you. Thus the saying, "you'll have hell to pay" or rather you'll be sorry if you don't do as I say.

Clean your room or you'll have hell to pay!

hell to pay by Burt Trmlicker December 29, 2008

hell to pay 

A day of reckoning is right around the corner. Settling up with the big red guy. Big in karma circles.

"There'll be hell to pay for gluing my head to the carpet... again."

hell to pay by Dead Tom February 14, 2008

pay the devil in hell 

This is where "hell to pay" originated from. In the days of wooden ships the timber that kept them afloat were covered in pitch or tar. The tar was applied to the bottom of the ship, or "hell" as it was called, and the process was called "paying". But before any of this was done strips of rope, wound fiber or hemp were pounded between the planks. These strips were called the "devil".

To sum it all up "paying the devil in hell" refers to pounding strips of fiber between planks and then coating them in tar. The term "hell to pay" refers to the constant maintenance of applying tar to keep the ship watertight. A job which no sailor wanted considering that "hell" was the darkest, dankest, disease ridden part of a sailing ship.

You'll pay the devil in hell or we'll all end up at the bottom of the ocean.

pay the devil in hell by Burt Trimlicker May 31, 2009

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payhell 

The downside to paypal; related: poopal paypoll; on the up side: paywell

Don't count your interest before it accumulatches on payhell.

payhell by Hercolena Oliver July 10, 2010