hell (all hell breaks loose )大乱,闹翻天
all hell breaks loose指恐怖的骚动、过激的反应、歇斯底里的愤怒等。该表达出自弥尔顿(John Milton)的《失乐园》(Paradise Lost )第4卷,大天使加百列对撒旦奚落道:
“But wherefore thou alone? Where with thee
Came not all hell broke loose?”
“为什么只有你?
为什到不是整个地狱的鬼怪,都跑了出来和你一起?”