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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Maram	-	Arabic
Ashley	ASH-lee	English
Adolf	AH-dawlf (German), AH:-dawlf (Dutch)	German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Czech, Ancient Germanic
Aigle	-	Greek Mythology
Jadvyga	-	Lithuanian
Iliya	-	Bulgarian