unshirted hell

[Mullins, Bill]

>From today's Philadelphia Inquirer:
"If the Corporation for Public Broadcasting went after NewsHour, "I
would raise unshirted hell," Jim Lehrer says."
[" Lehrer and his boss agree: No meddling in 'NewsHour'"  By Gail
Shister Posted on Tue, May. 17, 2005
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/magazine/daily/11663386.htm ]

>From the OED:

   unshirted, a.  U.S. slang.  In phr. unshirted hell, serious trouble;
'a bad time'.   1932 Sun (Baltimore) 6 Jan. 10/3 When he proposed
certain policies on prohibition..he was given what is known in rural
districts hereabouts as 'unshirted hell'.


THE COUNT IN LOUISIANA. Special Dispatch to the New-York Times. New York
Times; Feb 5, 1878; pg. 1

"So far he refuses to speak, but he incidentally mentioned to your
correspondent that he would give the District Attorney and Parish Judge
of Vernon "unshirted hell." "