scream bloody murder

1. To scream or shout very loudly. Enid screamed bloody murder when she noticed the snake in the rocks next to her. Please stop screaming bloody murder across the house. If you want to talk, go to the same room.

2. To forcefully complain, especially loudly and/or in a public manner. When they refused to give me a refund, I screamed bloody murder until the manager came out. Our customers will scream bloody murder if we raise the prices again.

See also: bloody, murder, scream

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

scream bloody murder

and yell bloody murder

Fig. to complain bitterly; to complain unduly. When we put him in an office without a window, he screamed bloody murder. There is something wrong next door. Everyone is yelling bloody murder.

See also: bloody, murder, scream

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

scream bloody murder

Angrily protest as loudly as possible, as in When Jimmy took her teddy bear, Lauren screamed bloody murder, or Residents are screaming bloody murder about the increase in property taxes. The scream here may be either literal (as in the first example) or figurative, which is also true of invoking murder as though one were in danger of being killed. Versions of this term, such as cry murder, date from the 1400s.

See also: bloody, murder, scream

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

scream bloody murder

tv. to scream very loudly; to complain or protest loudly. She screams bloody murder every time I get near her.

See also: bloody, murder, scream

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

scream bloody/blue murder, to

To shout loudly in pain, fear, or anger. The second term appears to have originated as a play on the French expletive morbleu (mort bleu translates as “blue murder”). The Hotten Dictionary of Slang (1859) defined it as a desperate or alarming cry. The term was used by Dion Boucicault about 1874: “They were standing by and trying to screech blue murder” (quoted in M. R. Booth, English Plays of the Nineteenth Century; cited by OED). It is heard less often, at least in America, than the more graphic bloody murder, dating from the first half of the 1900s. For example, “The one-year-old who has yelled bloody murder during his physical . . .” (B. Spock, Problems of Parents, 1962).

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释义	scream bloody murder scream bloody murder 1. To scream or shout very loudly. Enid screamed bloody murder when she noticed the snake in the rocks next to her. Please stop screaming bloody murder across the house. If you want to talk, go to the same room. 2. To forcefully complain, especially loudly and/or in a public manner. When they refused to give me a refund, I screamed bloody murder until the manager came out. Our customers will scream bloody murder if we raise the prices again. See also: bloody, murder, scream Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. scream bloody murder and yell bloody murder Fig. to complain bitterly; to complain unduly. When we put him in an office without a window, he screamed bloody murder. There is something wrong next door. Everyone is yelling bloody murder. See also: bloody, murder, scream McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. scream bloody murder Angrily protest as loudly as possible, as in When Jimmy took her teddy bear, Lauren screamed bloody murder, or Residents are screaming bloody murder about the increase in property taxes. The scream here may be either literal (as in the first example) or figurative, which is also true of invoking murder as though one were in danger of being killed. Versions of this term, such as cry murder, date from the 1400s. See also: bloody, murder, scream The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. scream bloody murder tv. to scream very loudly; to complain or protest loudly. She screams bloody murder every time I get near her. See also: bloody, murder, scream McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions scream bloody/blue murder, to To shout loudly in pain, fear, or anger. The second term appears to have originated as a play on the French expletive morbleu (mort bleu translates as “blue murder”). The Hotten Dictionary of Slang (1859) defined it as a desperate or alarming cry. The term was used by Dion Boucicault about 1874: “They were standing by and trying to screech blue murder” (quoted in M. R. Booth, English Plays of the Nineteenth Century; cited by OED). It is heard less often, at least in America, than the more graphic bloody murder, dating from the first half of the 1900s. For example, “The one-year-old who has yelled bloody murder during his physical . . .” (B. Spock, Problems of Parents, 1962). See also: bloody, blue, scream The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: scream bloody/blue murder, to yell bloody murder scream blue murder (one) will murder (someone) he, she, etc. will murder you cry bloody murder bloody but unbowed yo References in periodicals archive Some tactics are questionable, as they provoke confrontation with Forestry Service, state, fed and logging employees, then scream bloody murder at resulting strong-arm response; their tribal-drumming, Gaia-evoking ways well fit the "tree hugger" stereotype. PICKAXE Before we explore the wonders of DHTML, permit me a minute to scream bloody murder about browsers. Software differences complicate browser-sniffing "But if I were the community, I would scream bloody murder." Coliseum tax breaks unlikely The first key to influence for progressive citizen groups in Arkansas was to make enough noise to be recognized as \|one side of the issue.'" So, progressives should be prepared to scream bloody murder, acting as a sort of external superego, "to help counter the rightward drift that [Clinton's] brokering tendencies otherwise produce." Sound like a Grand Unified Theory that explains a lot of fancy footwork, from federal land-use policies to gays in the military? Reading around A homeowner who sees his property tax double will scream bloody murder at his druggist, who happens to moonlight as a local tax assessor, and if he doesn't see tangible improvements in exchange for his tax money-more streetlights and better paving, with more cops and better teachers much in evidence-he will buy his aspirin elsewhere, and otherwise get even. Rainbow's End Politicians and groups that benefit from heavily subsidized space in the pamphlet will no doubt scream bloody murder at the proposed fee hikes. Save Voters' Pamphlet The New York-based rep companies like Katz, Petry, Blair & Seltel, which advise their TV-station clients on programming decisions, all continue to scream bloody murder about the gradual disappearance of pilots for just about all of the firstrun series on display at NATPE. Affils balk at pix for pigskin
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