blood, sweat and tears
Hard work and great effort
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blood-money
The money that used to be paid to any one who by information or evidence led to a conviction for a capital offence. Nowadays applied to all sums received by informers.
bloody
A favourite word used by the thieves in swearing, as bloody eyes, bloody rascal.
bloody
An expletive used, without reference to meaning, as an adjective and an adverb, simply for intensification.
Bloody Assizes
The infamous assizes held by Judge Jeffreys in 1685. Three hundred were executed, more whipped or imprisoned, and a thousand sent to the plantations for taking part in Monmouth's rebellion.
bloody back
A soldier.
Bloody Bill
The 31 Henry VIII, c. 14, which denounced death, by hanging or burn- ing, on all who denied the doctrine of transub- stantiation.
Bloody Eleventh
The Devonshire Regiment, llth Foot, raised m 1685. At the Battle of Salamanca, in the Peninsular War, the regiment fought so stub- bornly that there was hardly a man among them who was not wounded, and from this exploit they got their name.
Bloody Halfway
Wadi Halfa.
bloody hand
A term in old Forest Law denoting a man whose hand was bloody, and
bloody jemmy
An uncooked sheep’s head.—See SANGUINARY JAMES. Also MOUNTAIN PECKER.
Bloody Mars
A local English name for a variety of wheat. It is a corruption of the French ble de Mars, March grain.
Bloody Thursday
The Thursday in the first week m Lent used to be so called.
bloom is off the rose
Something has lost its appeal or excitement
blootered
drunk
blossom forth
To bloom.
blossom out
To develop or flourish suddenly
blot on the escutcheon
A stain or disgrace on someone's reputation
blot one's copy book
To spoil one's reputation by doing something wrong
blot out
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blot, out.
blow
He has bit the blow, i.e. he has stolen the goods. Cant.
blow
To expose, or inform; "BLOW the gaff," to inform against a person.
blow a fuse
to become very angry
blow a hole through
completely destroy or refute an idea or argument
blow a kiss
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
blow ass
To fart.
blow away
to amaze or impress someone very much
blow chunks
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
blow hot air
talk excessively without substance
blow me
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
blow me
Or BLOW ME TIGHT, a vow, a ridiculous and unmeaning ejaculation, inferring an appeal to the ejaculator; "I’m BLOWED if you will" is a common expression among the lower orders; "BLOW ME UP" was the term a century ago.—See Parker’s Adventures, 1781.—The expression BE-BLOWED is now more general. Thomas Hood used to tell a story:—
blow me down
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
blow off steam
to release or express pent-up emotions or energy
blow one's chance
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
blow one's load
to waste an opportunity or release one's energy too early
blow one's own trumpet
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
blow one's wad
to spend or use up all of one's resources at once
blow out of proportion
Exaggerate or magnify something excessively
blow out of proportions
Become exaggerated or distorted beyond reality
blow out of the water
completely surpass or outdo something
blow over
To pass or subside without serious consequences
blow someone's back out
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
blow someone's brains out
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
blow someone's cover
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
blow someone's mind
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
blow the cobwebs away
to get rid of stale ideas or habits
blow the lid off
To expose a scandal or secret publicly
blow the whistle
Report wrongdoing or injustice to authorities
blow this pop stand
to leave a place quickly
blow this Popsicle stand
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
blow this taco stand
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
blow to kingdom come
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
blow tomahawks
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
blow town
to leave a place quickly and secretly
blow up
To make a noise, or scold; formerly a cant expression used among thieves, now a recognised and respectable phrase. BLOWING UP, a jobation, a scolding.
blow up in one's face
To have a plan or situation fail or backfire completely
blow-up
A discovery, or the confusion occasioned by one.
blowen
A mistress or whore of a gentleman of the scamp. The blowen kidded the swell into a snoozing ken, and shook him of his dummee and thimble; the girl inveigled the gentleman into a brothel and robbed him of his pocket book and watch.
blowen
Originally a showy or flaunting female, now a prostitute only. In Wilts, a BLOWEN is a blossom. Germ. BLÜHEN, to bloom. In German, also, BUHLEN is to court, and BUHLE, a sweetheart.
blower
A pipe. How the swell funks his blower and lushes red tape; what a smoke the gentleman makes with his pipe, and drinks brandy.
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