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   Scream blue murder

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   What does Blue Murder mean?

   • BLUE MURDER or BLUE MURDERS, subs. (common).—A term used to describe cries of terror or alarm ; a great noise ; an unusual racket. Cf. French morbleu. John Hotten, A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words (1859), however, covers only blue murder: BLUE MURDER, a desperate or alarming cry.

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   What does it mean if someone screams Blue Murder?

   • If you say that someone screams blue murder or screams bloody murder, you are emphasizing that they are making a lot of noise or fuss about something that they do not like. People are screaming blue murder about the amount of traffic going through their town. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

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   Is Blue Murder a euphemism for Bloody Murder?

   • The figurative meaning of bloody murder is peculiarly American and began to appear in the 1860s, usually in the form yell bloody murder. There seems to be no direct link between the two phrases. In particular, blue murder doesn’t appear to be a euphemism for bloody murder.

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   Where did Blue Murder come from?

   • The fact that the earliest instances of "blue murder" appear in British popular songs and in British works with nautical settings strongly suggests that it originated in England, perhaps as sailors' slang. In the United States, John Bartlett, Dictionary of Americanisms, first edition (1848) has this entry for blue: BLUE.

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   Jun 29, 2019 · Blue Murder is to murder someone of royal, blue, blood. Murdering a royal is a hard crime to get away with. To scream blue murder is to denounce someone has murdered a royal or at least accuse them of a heinous crime that they think they had gotten away with.

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   4 days ago · If you say that someone screams blue murder or screams bloody murder, you are emphasizing that they are making a lot of noise or fuss about something that they do not like. [informal, emphasis] People are screaming blue murder about the amount of traffic going through their town. See full dictionary entry for murder.

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   Meaning of scream/shout blue murder in English. scream/shout blue murder. idiom informal. Add to word list. to show your anger about something, especially by shouting or complaining very loudly: He'll scream blue murder if he doesn't get his way. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Shouting & screaming. barracking. bawl. bellow. bray.

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   May 16, 2024 · The meaning of SCREAM BLUE MURDER is to scream, yell, or complain in a very loud or angry way. How to use scream blue murder in a sentence.

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   Blue murder definition: a great outcry, noise; horrible din (esp in such phrases as cry, howl, scream, etc, blue murder). See examples of BLUE MURDER used in a sentence.

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   May 21, 2024 · Definitions of blue murder. noun. an extravagantly loud outcry. “she screamed blue murder ”. see more.

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   Meaning of scream/shout blue murder in English. scream/shout blue murder. idiominformal. Add to word listAdd to word list. to show your anger about something, especially by shouting or complaining very loudly: He'll scream blue murder if he doesn't get his way. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Shouting & screaming.