blue murdern.

Brit.

/ˌbluː ˈməːdə/, U.S.

/ˌblu ˈmərdər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: blue adj., murder n.¹

Etymology: < blue adj. + murder n.¹, probably after French morbleu (see morbleu int. and n.). Compare later to sing out morbleu at morbleu n. 2, and also to yell murder at murder n.¹ and int. Phrases 2, and perhaps also blue adj. 7a, blue adj. 10.

A cry of terror or alarm; a great commotion or disturbance; a noisy and vehement protest or outcry.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > [noun] > outcry or clamour

reamOE

ropeOE

brack?c1200

utas1202

hootinga1225

berec1225

noise?c1225

ludea1275

cryc1275

gredingc1275

boastc1300

utasa1325

huec1330

outcrya1382

exclamation1382

ascry1393

spraya1400

clamourc1405

shoutingc1405

scry1419

rumourc1425

motion?a1439

bemec1440

harrowc1440

shout1487

songa1500

brunt1523

ditec1540

uproar1544

clamouring1548

outrage1548

hubbub1555

racket1565

succlamation1566

rear1567

outcrying1569

bellowing1579

brawl1581

hue and cry1584

exclaiming1585

exclaim1587

sanctus1594

hubbaboo1596

oyez1597

conclamation1627

sputter1673

rout1684

dirduma1693

hallalloo1737

yelloching1773

pillaloo1785

whillaloo1790

vocitation1819

blue murder1828

blaring1837

shilloo1842

shillooing1845

pillalooing1847

shriek1929

yammering1937

1828 C. Claxton Naval Monitor (ed. 2) 40 I gives Jenny a grip..as makes her squall blue murder.

1859 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang 8 Blue-murder, a desperate or alarming cry.

1887 ‘J. S. Winter’ in Eng. Illustr. Mag. Dec. 179 The dingy person dropped his victim and howled what the half-dozen officers..afterwards graphically described as ‘blue murder’.

1921 G. B. Shaw Back to Methuselah ii. 84 You couldnt produce it. There would be blue murder. It's out of the question.

1977 M. Tholo Diary 5 Dec. (1980) 152 And then it was blue murder. The police were powerless... This was war.

2011 Implications Cuts to BBC World Service I. 18/2 in Parl. Papers 2010–11 (H.C. 849) If there was an attempt to make a substantial reduction in the funding of the World Service..there would be blue murder and rightly so.

Phrases

P1. to scream (also cry, yell, etc.) blue murder: to make cries of terror or alarm; to make a noisy and extravagant protest or outcry; to raise a commotion. Cf. earlier to shout (also roar, yell, etc.) murder at murder n.¹ and int. Phrases 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > protest or remonstrate [verb (intransitive)] > aggressively, loudly, or angrily

bark?c1225

crusade1732

to scream (also cry, yell, etc.) blue murder1828

to pop off1914

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [verb (intransitive)] > scream or shriek

screama1200

shrikec1200

shreamc1230

shritcha1250

scritcha1300

squeala1300

skrike1340

skirlc1400

wrawlc1440

sharmc1485

screak?a1500

shrighta1542

shriek1567

screech1577

waul1601

bawl1605

squall1688

skreigh1718

screel1730

skelloch1808

squalino1810

to scream (also cry, yell, etc.) blue murder1828

rescream1858

1828 [see main sense].

1857 Harper's Mag. Dec. 110/1 I found Dawes Junior pegging into Dawes Senior no allowance, and him crying blue murder.

1884 D. Boucicault Shaughraun iii. i. 50 They were standing by and thrying to screech blue murdher. ‘Stop their mouths,’ said a voice.

1959 ‘A. Gilbert’ Death takes Wife xiii. 164 Corpses don't yell blue murder.

1989 Mother Nov. 45/3 Fear of separation strikes and a child won't let mother out of his sight without screaming blue murder.

2007 P. Barker Life Class ii. 17 There's me screaming blue murder and the chap upstairs ran down to see what was going on.

P2. like blue murder: (a) with great strength, ferocity, vehemence, noise, etc.; (b) at a very fast pace, at top speed (now rare).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > acting vigorously or energetically [phrase] > with great vigour or energy

with (also in) mood and maineOE

vigour13..

with or by (all one's) might and mainc1330

with (one's) forcec1380

like anything1665

hammer and tongs1708

like stour1787

(in) double tides1788

like blazes1818

like winking1827

with a will1827

like winky1830

like all possessed1833

in a big way1840

like (or worse than) sin1840

full swing1843

like a Trojan1846

like one o'clock1847

like sixty1848

like forty1852

like wildfire1857

like old boots1865

like blue murder1867

like steam1905

like stink1929

like one thing1938

like a demon1945

up a storm1953

the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swiftly [phrase]

on fastec1275

as greyhound (let out) of leasha1300

a good (also great, etc.) shake13..

in hastec1300

(wiþ) gret yre13..

in speeda1325

good speeda1400

on (also upon) the wing or one's wing1508

with post1569

on or upon the speed1632

on the run?1679

by the run1787

like a house on fire (also afire)1809

at the double-quick1834

with a run1834

fast and furious1851

at the double1860

at the rate of knots1892

for (or on) the (high) jump1905

like blue murder1914

1867 Sporting Gaz. 5 Jan. 17/2 It's all very well..your talking about hauling him in, but hang me if I can, for he pulls like blue murder.

1872 J. Smith Humorous Sc. Stories (ed. 6) 67 The first thing I saw was Bassy..wi' a wicked young pig fastened on his nose, an' squealin' like blue murder.

1914 Evening News 1 Oct. 2/1 They were off down the road like blue murder.

1992 N. W. Veeder Women's Decision-making v. 44 I used to fight with her like blue murder when I was a small child.

2010 J. Goard in L. Brooks We are Austral. II. 60 The next set of thunder cracked even louder... We screamed like blue murder.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	blue murder
释义	blue murdern. Brit. /ˌbluː ˈməːdə/, U.S. /ˌblu ˈmərdər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: blue adj., murder n.¹ Etymology: < blue adj. + murder n.¹, probably after French morbleu (see morbleu int. and n.). Compare later to sing out morbleu at morbleu n. 2, and also to yell murder at murder n.¹ and int. Phrases 2, and perhaps also blue adj. 7a, blue adj. 10. A cry of terror or alarm; a great commotion or disturbance; a noisy and vehement protest or outcry. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > [noun] > outcry or clamour reamOE ropeOE brack?c1200 utas1202 hootinga1225 berec1225 noise?c1225 ludea1275 cryc1275 gredingc1275 boastc1300 utasa1325 huec1330 outcrya1382 exclamation1382 ascry1393 spraya1400 clamourc1405 shoutingc1405 scry1419 rumourc1425 motion?a1439 bemec1440 harrowc1440 shout1487 songa1500 brunt1523 ditec1540 uproar1544 clamouring1548 outrage1548 hubbub1555 racket1565 succlamation1566 rear1567 outcrying1569 bellowing1579 brawl1581 hue and cry1584 exclaiming1585 exclaim1587 sanctus1594 hubbaboo1596 oyez1597 conclamation1627 sputter1673 rout1684 dirduma1693 hallalloo1737 yelloching1773 pillaloo1785 whillaloo1790 vocitation1819 blue murder1828 blaring1837 shilloo1842 shillooing1845 pillalooing1847 shriek1929 yammering1937 1828 C. Claxton Naval Monitor (ed. 2) 40 I gives Jenny a grip..as makes her squall blue murder. 1859 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang 8 Blue-murder, a desperate or alarming cry. 1887 ‘J. S. Winter’ in Eng. Illustr. Mag. Dec. 179 The dingy person dropped his victim and howled what the half-dozen officers..afterwards graphically described as ‘blue murder’. 1921 G. B. Shaw Back to Methuselah ii. 84 You couldnt produce it. There would be blue murder. It's out of the question. 1977 M. Tholo Diary 5 Dec. (1980) 152 And then it was blue murder. The police were powerless... This was war. 2011 Implications Cuts to BBC World Service I. 18/2 in Parl. Papers 2010–11 (H.C. 849) If there was an attempt to make a substantial reduction in the funding of the World Service..there would be blue murder and rightly so. Phrases P1. to scream (also cry, yell, etc.) blue murder: to make cries of terror or alarm; to make a noisy and extravagant protest or outcry; to raise a commotion. Cf. earlier to shout (also roar, yell, etc.) murder at murder n.¹ and int. Phrases 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > protest or remonstrate [verb (intransitive)] > aggressively, loudly, or angrily bark?c1225 crusade1732 to scream (also cry, yell, etc.) blue murder1828 to pop off1914 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [verb (intransitive)] > scream or shriek screama1200 shrikec1200 shreamc1230 shritcha1250 scritcha1300 squeala1300 skrike1340 skirlc1400 wrawlc1440 sharmc1485 screak?a1500 shrighta1542 shriek1567 screech1577 waul1601 bawl1605 squall1688 skreigh1718 screel1730 skelloch1808 squalino1810 to scream (also cry, yell, etc.) blue murder1828 rescream1858 1828 [see main sense]. 1857 Harper's Mag. Dec. 110/1 I found Dawes Junior pegging into Dawes Senior no allowance, and him crying blue murder. 1884 D. Boucicault Shaughraun iii. i. 50 They were standing by and thrying to screech blue murdher. ‘Stop their mouths,’ said a voice. 1959 ‘A. Gilbert’ Death takes Wife xiii. 164 Corpses don't yell blue murder. 1989 Mother Nov. 45/3 Fear of separation strikes and a child won't let mother out of his sight without screaming blue murder. 2007 P. Barker Life Class ii. 17 There's me screaming blue murder and the chap upstairs ran down to see what was going on. P2. like blue murder: (a) with great strength, ferocity, vehemence, noise, etc.; (b) at a very fast pace, at top speed (now rare). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > acting vigorously or energetically [phrase] > with great vigour or energy with (also in) mood and maineOE vigour13.. with or by (all one's) might and mainc1330 with (one's) forcec1380 like anything1665 hammer and tongs1708 like stour1787 (in) double tides1788 like blazes1818 like winking1827 with a will1827 like winky1830 like all possessed1833 in a big way1840 like (or worse than) sin1840 full swing1843 like a Trojan1846 like one o'clock1847 like sixty1848 like forty1852 like wildfire1857 like old boots1865 like blue murder1867 like steam1905 like stink1929 like one thing1938 like a demon1945 up a storm1953 the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swiftly [phrase] on fastec1275 as greyhound (let out) of leasha1300 a good (also great, etc.) shake13.. in hastec1300 (wiþ) gret yre13.. in speeda1325 good speeda1400 on (also upon) the wing or one's wing1508 with post1569 on or upon the speed1632 on the run?1679 by the run1787 like a house on fire (also afire)1809 at the double-quick1834 with a run1834 fast and furious1851 at the double1860 at the rate of knots1892 for (or on) the (high) jump1905 like blue murder1914 1867 Sporting Gaz. 5 Jan. 17/2 It's all very well..your talking about hauling him in, but hang me if I can, for he pulls like blue murder. 1872 J. Smith Humorous Sc. Stories (ed. 6) 67 The first thing I saw was Bassy..wi' a wicked young pig fastened on his nose, an' squealin' like blue murder. 1914 Evening News 1 Oct. 2/1 They were off down the road like blue murder. 1992 N. W. Veeder Women's Decision-making v. 44 I used to fight with her like blue murder when I was a small child. 2010 J. Goard in L. Brooks We are Austral. II. 60 The next set of thunder cracked even louder... We screamed like blue murder. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1828
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