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scream blue murder

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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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