all hell broke loose »
A great disaster happened or chaos ensued.
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blow up »
To fail disastrously.
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blow up in one's face »
To fail disastrously.
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come to grief »
To have a disastrous outcome.
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dodge a bullet »
To have a narrow escape; to avoid injury or disaster.
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hot mess »
Refers to a person, thing, or situation in such a state of disarray or disapproval by peers, often in reference to physical appearance, perceived to be disastrously embarrassing, pitiful, or beyond repair.
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lose one's shirt »
To lose all of one's money; to go broke; to undergo financial ruin or disaster.
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not in Kansas anymore »
No longer in quiet and comfortable surroundings; in the big city.
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split up »
Separate, disassociate, cause to come apart.
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the bigger they are, the harder they fall »
The larger something is, the more disastrous and spectacular its downfall
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the road to hell is paved with good intentions »
well-intended acts can lead to disaster
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today we are all »
An expression indicating that the speaker empathizes with members of an identifiable group that was the subject of a disaster, and projects that others empathize as well.
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train wreck »
An inevitable disaster.
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wet boy »
A contractor assassin or hit man.
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