be baying for blood

(British)

if a group of people are baying for blood, they want someone to be hurt or punished Families of the victims were baying for blood during the trial.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Bathsheba	bath-SHEE-bə (English)	Biblical
A'isha	-	Arabic
Cecil	['sesl]
Ama	-	Western African, Akan
Ulrika	ool-REE-kah	Swedish
Sabryna	sə-BREEN-ə	English (Rare)