all hell breaks loose

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all hell breaks loose (简单过去时 all hell broke loose)

1. (俗语) 情况混乱，天塌下来
   • 1667，John Milton，“(please specify the book number)”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books，London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; 再版为 Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […]，London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

     Came not all hell broke loose?

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   • 1992年8月19日，“Beckel, Barnes and Rollins Discuss the Republican Convention”, in CBS Morning:

     I think it's kind of fun because, had Hillary Clinton spoken at the Democratic Convention, all hell would have broken loose.

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   • 2023年11月26日，Rory Carroll，Lisa O'Carroll，“‘Remember who we are’: riots, race, and the end of the ‘Irish welcome’”, in The Observer‎^[1], →ISSN:

     It was a shocking attack, and within hours all hell had broken loose.

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