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“All hell breaks loose”in other languages

Sudden, total chaos.

  • English
  • Norwegian
  • Persian
English
all hell breaks loose
Norwegian
Helt texas literally Completely Texas
Persian
خر بیار و باقالی بار کن khar biyār o bāqālī bār kon literally Bring a donkey and load it with fava beans
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English lets hell out; the phrase is already in Milton's Paradise Lost (1667). Norwegian says it's completely Texas, helt texas, thanks to the Westerns that made Texas a byword for lawless chaos.

Persian says bring a donkey and load it with fava beans, خر بیار و باقالی بار کن: a mess so big you'd need a whole convoy to clear it.

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