British, American & Australian, informal, 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.

• more something than has had hot dinners
• more something than someone has had hot dinners
• more something than you can shake a stick at
• more than bargained for
• more than can shake a stick at
• more than has had hot dinners
• more than meets the eye
• more than someone bargained for
• more than someone has had hot dinners
• more than something bargained for
• more than you can shake a stick at
• more the merrier.
• more the merrier
• more the more
• more the more another thing happens
• more to someone than meets the eye
• more to something than meets the eye
• more to than meets the eye
• morning after
• morning after the night before
• morning, noon, and night
• mother from hell
• mother lode of
• mother lode of something
• Mother Nature