there will be blood in the streets

there will be blood in the streets

A warning that some situation, decision, or course of action will lead to violence, destruction, or unrest. If the government passes this tax cut for corporations after refusing to lower the income tax rates for ordinary citizens, there will be blood in the streets! The protest leaders warned that there would be blood in the streets if law enforcement officials tried to intervene.

See also: blood, street, there, will

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