英:[ðə dju:s tu: pei]
美:[ði dus tu pe]
难局,麻烦事情,严重的后果
1 There will be the deuce to pay.
后果可怕,后患堪虞.
2 There'll be the deuce to pay if I am late.
我若迟到就糟了.
1 糟糕
terrible awful atrocious woeful awfully appal
2 倒霉
evil unfortunate unlucky hapless untoward luckless unblessed unfortunately deuce put the mockers on the devil to pay hard cheese bad scran
3 将来会发生的麻烦
the devil to pay