English slang and colloquialisms. 2014.
scream blue murder — see under blue1 ● murder * * * scream blue murder british informal phrase to shout or protest very loudly because you are very angry or feeling a lot of pain She screamed blue murder when they tried to give her the injection. Thesaurus: to shout… … Useful english dictionary
scream blue murder — If someone shouts very loudly in anger, or fear, they scream blue murder … The small dictionary of idiomes
scream blue murder — ► scream blue murder informal protest noisily. Main Entry: ↑murder … English terms dictionary
scream blue murder — If someone shouts very loudly in anger, or fear, they scream blue murder. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** People who scream blue murder shout or complain very loudly as if something very serious has happened. The crowd started… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Scream blue murder — If somone shouts very loudly in anger, or fear, they scream blue murder … Dictionary of English idioms
(scream) blue murder — Someone who screams blue murder shouts or complains very loudly as if something very serious has happened. The crowd started screaming blue murder when the football match was interrupted … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
scream blue murder — 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… … New idioms dictionary
scream blue murder — British informal to shout or protest very loudly because you are very angry or feeling a lot of pain She screamed blue murder when they tried to give her the injection … English dictionary
scream bloody murder — scream (or yell) bloody (or Brit. blue) murder informal scream loudly due to pain or fright; make an extravagant and noisy protest she had tripped and was screaming bloody murder * * * scream bloody murder (US) (or Brit scream blue murder)… … Useful english dictionary
scream bloody murder — verb To protest loudly or angrily. Syn: scream blue murder … Wiktionary
