| Word | scream blue murder = yell blue murder |
|---|---|
| Description | make an extravagant and noisy protest – informal A North American variant of this phrase is scream bloody murder. 1995 - lain Banks - Whit I was now left with the ticklish problem of how to let my great-aunt know there was somebody there in the room with her without... causing her to scream blue murder. make an extravagant and noisy protest – informal A North American variant of this phrase is scream bloody murder. 1995 - lain Banks - Whit I was now left with the ticklish problem of how to let my great-aunt know there wa |
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