cry bloody murder



cry bloody murder

Fig. to scream as if something very serious has happened, especially unnecessarily. Now that Bill is really hurt, he's crying bloody murder. There is no point in crying bloody murder about the bill if you knew the restaurant was expensive.
See also: bloody, cry, murder

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Yordanka-Bulgarian
ErynER-inEnglish (Modern)
RachelleRAY-chəl, rə-SHELEnglish
Mariema-REE (French), mah-REE (German)French, Czech, German, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
FionnFIN, FYOONIrish, Irish Mythology
Sunil-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Assamese, Gujarati, Punjabi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Nep