scream bloody murder

scream bloody murder
scream bloody murder & yell bloody murder
Fig. to complain bitterly; to complain unduly. •

When we put him in an office without a window, he screamed bloody murder.

There is something wrong next door. Everyone is yelling bloody murder.

* * *
{v. phr.}, {informal} To yell or protest as strongly as one can. * /When the thief grabbed her purse, the woman screamed bloody murder./ * /When the city doubled property taxes, home owners screamed bloody murder./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • scream bloody murder — scream (or yell) bloody (or Brit. blue) murder informal scream loudly due to pain or fright; make an extravagant and noisy protest she had tripped and was screaming bloody murder * * * scream bloody murder (US) (or Brit scream blue murder)… …   Useful english dictionary

  • scream bloody murder — {v. phr.}, {informal} To yell or protest as strongly as one can. * /When the thief grabbed her purse, the woman screamed bloody murder./ * /When the city doubled property taxes, home owners screamed bloody murder./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • scream bloody murder — If you scream bloody murder, you protest loudly and angrily, or scream in fear …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • scream bloody murder — to shout or to complain very loudly. Sometimes the baby screams bloody murder when we give her a bath. I m so frustrated with the telephone company, I want to scream bloody murder. Usage notes: sometimes holler bloody murder and yell bloody… …   New idioms dictionary

  • Scream Bloody Murder — Infobox Film name = Scream Bloody Murder caption = director = Marc B. Ray producer = Marc B. Ray writer = Larry Alexander Marc B. Ray narrator = starring = Fred Holbert Leigh Mitchell Marlena Lustik Robert Knox music = Don Bagley Rockwell… …   Wikipedia

  • scream bloody murder — tv. to scream very loudly; to complain or protest loudly. □ She screams bloody murder every time I get near her. □ Those guys scream bloody murder long before they’re hurt …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • scream\ bloody\ murder — v. phr. informal To yell or protest as strongly as one can. When the thief grabbed her purse, the woman screamed bloody murder. When the city doubled property taxes, home owners screamed bloody murder. See: cry bloody murder …   Словарь американских идиом

  • scream bloody murder — verb To protest loudly or angrily. Syn: scream blue murder …   Wiktionary

  • scream blue murder — see under blue1 ● murder * * * scream blue murder british informal phrase to shout or protest very loudly because you are very angry or feeling a lot of pain She screamed blue murder when they tried to give her the injection. Thesaurus: to shout… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Bloody Murder — Infobox Film name = Bloody Murder image size = caption = director = Ralph S. Portillo producers = Ralph S. Portillo Jamie Elliott writer = John R. Stevenson narrator = starring = Jessica Morris Peter Guillemette Michael Stone Patrick Cavanaugh… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”