scream

[laugh/scream/shout etc.] your head off

to laugh/scream/shout etc. very much and very loudly. He laughed his head off when he read the letter.

See also: head, laugh, shout

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 the place down (informal)

to scream very loudly. You can scream the place down if you like, but no one will hear you.

See also: down, place

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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: bloody, murder