bloody (redirected from bloodiness)

bloodied but unbowed (literary)

harmed but not defeated by an unpleasant situation or competition. I emerged bloodied but unbowed from my oral exam.

See also: but

bloody minded (British & Australian, informal)

someone who is bloody minded makes difficulties for other people, usually by arguing against their actions or ideas without a good reason. There's no reason why we shouldn't do aerobics in the squash court - the sports committee are just being bloody minded.

See also: minded

get a bloody nose

give someone a bloody nose - to defeat or damage someone, but not permanently or seriously. They got a bloody nose when their new satellite channel failed due to lack of funding.

See also: nose

give someone a bloody nose

to defeat or damage someone, but not permanently or seriously. The pro-europeans gave their opponents a bloody nose in the debate.

See also: give, nose

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 screaming bloody murder.

See also: blue, murder, scream

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scream bloody murder

to shout or to complain very loudly. Sometimes the baby screams bloody murder when we give her a bath. I'm so frustrated with the telephone company, I want to scream bloody murder.

Usage notes: sometimes holler bloody murder and yell bloody murder, with the same meaning

See also: murder, scream