bloody but unbowed

bloody but unbowed
bloody but unbowed
Fig. showing signs of a struggle, but not defeated. (Originally referring to the head. From the poem

Invictus

by William Earnest Henley.) •

Liz emerged from the struggle, her head bloody but unbowed.

We are bloody but unbowed and will fight to the last.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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