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blue_murder

scream blue murder

English

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scream blue murder (third-person singular simple present screams blue murder, present participle screaming blue murder, simple past and past participle screamed blue murder)

  1. (idiomatic) To protest loudly or angrily.
    • 2003, Isabel Wolff, Out of the Blue, Mira, ISBN 978-0-7783-1366-3, page 144:
      And I was going to shout at him. I was going to scream blue murder. I was going to tell him just what I thought of that.

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References

  1. Max Cryer (2012) Curious English Words and Phrases: The Truth Behind the Expressions We Use, Exisle Publishing Limited, ISBN 978-1-921966-01-9, page 45.