| 单词 | to scream bloody murder |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto scream (also cry, yell, etc.) bloody murder colloquial (originally U.S.). to scream (also cry, yell, etc.) bloody murder: to scream loudly, esp. due to fear or alarm; to make an extravagant and noisy protest.With quot. 1976 cf. blue murder n. Phrases 1. ΚΠ 1833 J. Hall Harpe's Head vi. 68 Poor Virginia, screaming bloody murder all the while. 1875 Frank Leslie's Illustr. Newspaper 4 Sept. 442/3 The pair of 'em grabbed the messenger and put them handcuffs on him, the fellow hollering bloody murder all the time. 1948 J. Maresca My Flag is Down vi. 39 He merely smacks her around the more and she's yelling bloody murder. 1976 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald-Jrnl. 6 Feb. 13/1 Western liberals..scream blue, bloody murder at the right-wing dictatorships. 1993 O. E. Allen Tiger viii. 215 The Fusionists cried bloody murder and dropped the two men from their slate. 2005 New Yorker 16 May 82/3 She would throw herself down, beat the floor, grow purple in the face, scream bloody murder. < as lemmas |
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