all hell breaks loose

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all hell breaks loose (簡單過去時 all hell broke loose)

1. (俗語) 情況混亂，天塌下來
   • 1667, John Milton, 「(please specify the book number)」, 出自 Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; 再版為 Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

     Came not all hell broke loose?

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   • 1992 8月 19, 「Beckel, Barnes and Rollins Discuss the Republican Convention」, 出自 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 11月 26, Rory Carroll, Lisa O'Carroll, 「『Remember who we are’: riots, race, and the end of the 『Irish welcome’」, 出自 The Observer‎^[1], →ISSN:

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

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