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1 cry (scream, shout or yell) blue murder
paзг.кpичaть нe cвoим гoлocoм, вoпить иcтoшным гoлocoм, opaть блaгим мaтoм; кpичaть кapaулA few of his utterances are liable to make our union chaps cry blue murder (A. Wilson). I'd wolfed mine [ceлёдку] and ten rounds of bread by the time the Old Lady arrived, yelling blue murder because her kipper was frizzled and the tea like tar (S. Chaplin)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > cry (scream, shout or yell) blue murder
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2 blue murder
[͵blu:ʹmɜ:də] сл.1. караулto scream /to cry, to shout, to yell/ blue murder - а) кричать караул; поднимать шум /вопль/; б) орать, дико вопить ( без особой причины)
2. амер.1) полное поражение, провал2) трудная задача♢
like blue murder - чертовски быстро, со всех ног, сломя голову
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