bloody

See: SCREAM BLOODY MURDER.

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scream bloody murder

[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 […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

cry bloody murder

[cry bloody murder] or [scream bloody murder] {v. phr.} To bitterly and loudly complain against an indignity. * /Pete cried bloody murder when he found out that he didn't get […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

murder

[murder] See: [SCREAM BLOODY MURDER]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

Benjamin Franklin

(1706-1790), Poor Richard (July 1740) Those who in quarrels interpose/Must often wipe a bloody nose. www.sky-net-eye.com

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