effing and blinding

(British & Australian informal)

swearing angrily

Usage notes: Effing here represents the letter 'F' as a way of avoiding saying 'fuck' or 'fucking'. Blinding comes from an old-fashioned phrase 'Blind me!'

I could hear Bill effing and blinding as he tried to repair the washing machine.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Fabian	['feibjən]
Sophronios	-	Late Greek
Celino	che-LEE-no (Italian), the-LEE-no (Spanish), se-LEE-no (Latin American Spanish)	Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare)
Do-Yun	do-yoon	Korean
Ainoa	-	Spanish
Marina	mah-REE-nah (Italian, Spanish, German, Russian), mə-REEN-ə (English)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, English, Greek, Russian, Uk