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blood and guts

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blood and guts 
1. Fig. strife; acrimony. There is a lot of blood and guts around here, but we get our work done anyway. Cut out the blood and guts and grow up.
2. Fig. acrimonious. (This is hyphenated before a nominal.) There are too many blood-and-guts arguments around here. Old blood-and-guts Wally is making his threats again.
See also: and, blood, gut

blood and guts  (informal)
violence shown on television, film, or in the theatre, where people are seen being injured or killed It was all blood and guts. I came out feeling quite ill.
See also: and, blood, gut


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And nearly every day, buses filled with visitors of different nationalities, including many Chinese, come to pay their respects to "Old Blood and Guts.
He subtracts not only the blood and guts from his pseudocinematic scenarios, but the affect as well--lack of affect being a major indicator that somebody (or an entire society) is crazy.
If the blood and guts doesn't bother you, 'A Faint Cold Fear' is a highly recommended suspense.
 
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