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scream blue murder

scream blue murder

  (British, American & Australian informal) also scream bloody murder (American & Australian informal)
to shout or to complain very loudly Readers screamed blue murder when the price of their daily paper went up. Someone took the child's ice cream away and he started screaming bloody murder.
See also: blue, murder, scream

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Nensi-Croatian
Corona-Late Roman, Italian, Spanish
Ben (2)BENDutch
Corneliokor-NE-lyoSpanish, Italian
Gulbadan-Urdu (Rare)
JuneJOONEnglish
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