devil to pay

English

Etymology

Ellipsis of the devil to pay and no pitch hot or ready.

Noun

devil to pay (uncountable)

Synonym of hell to pay

Phrase

the devil to pay

Short for the devil to pay and no pitch hot or ready.

Related terms

devil seam (“the seam between garboard strake and the keel”) (a seam on wooden boats)
- between the devil and the deep blue sea

Anagrams

adoptively

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