bleed for
To feel great sympathy or compassion for; to mourn on account of.
Blood · Máu 91
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bleed like a pig
To bleed profusely.
bleed like a stuck pig
to bleed profusely
bleed out
To die due to excess blood loss; to bleed to death.
bleed the monkey
Synonym of suck the monkey (“to surreptitiously drink alcohol from a cask through an inserted tube”).
blood
A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates, it is colored red by hemoglobin, is conveyed by arteries and veins, is pumped by the heart and is usually generated in bone marrow.
blood box
An ambulance.
blood in
To join a criminal gang by committing an act of violence (often murder) as an initiation.
blood out
To leave a criminal gang by committing a murder for the organization in order to be given permission to leave, because the departing gangbanger can not snitch without also being charged with the murder.
bucket of blood
A rough, crudely furnished bar where fights may be expected.
chảy máu
(verb) to bleed
chảy máu chất xám
(noun) brain drain
công thức máu
(noun) complete blood count
cỏ máu
(noun) Wisteriopsis reticulata
hộc máu
(adjective) strenuous; excruciating
khác máu tanh lòng
Different blood breeds fishy hearts.
khô máu
(verb) to go all out; to not hold back
máu
(noun) blood (vital liquid flowing in animal bodies)
máu cam
(noun) nosebleed
máu Hoạn thư
(noun) jealousy
máu lạnh
(adjective) cold-blooded
máu lửa
(noun) the brutality of war
máu me
(adjective) gory, bloody
máu mặt
(adjective) appear wealthy and influential, not on a par with others
máu mủ
(noun) blood tie
máu nóng
(adjective) warm-blooded
máu trắng
(noun) leukemia
máu đen
(noun) deoxygenated blood
máu đỏ
(noun) oxygenated blood
mạch máu
(noun) blood vessel
một giọt máu đào hơn ao nước lã
Close to the English saying: “Blood is thicker than water.”.
nelson's blood
rum (the drink)
ngậm máu phun người, trước dơ miệng mình
Curses are like young chickens, they always come home to roost.
nhóm máu
(noun) blood type; blood group
nhồi máu
(verb) to infarct
nhồi máu cơ tim
(noun) myocardial infarction; heart attack
sôi máu
blood-boiling
thiếu máu
(adjective) anaemic
đẫm máu
(adjective) bloody
đổ máu
(verb) to shed one's blood; to bleed
a blood horse
A thoroughbred; a horse of good parentage or stock.
bad blood
A lasting feeling of hatred or anger between individuals or groups
bad blood
Vindictiveness, ill-feeling; hence, to make bad blood, or to stir up bad blood, to create or renew ill-feeling and a vindictive spirit.
bleed
To victimize, or extract money from a person, to sponge on, to make suffer vindictively.
bleed red ink
to suffer significant financial losses
bleed the lizard
To urinate.
blood
A riotous disorderly fellow.
blood
A fast or high-mettled man. Nearly obsolete, but much used in George the Fourth’s time.
blood and gore
Violent or gruesome acts and their consequences
blood and guts
A fixed-order word pair (irreversible binomial); full definition pending editorial review.
blood for blood
A term used by tradesmen for bartering the different commodities in which they deal. Thus a hatter furnishing a hosier with a hat, and taking payment in stockings, is said to deal blood for blood.
blood in the water
A situation where someone is vulnerable to attack or criticism
blood is thicker than water
Family ties are stronger than any other relationship
blood is thicker than water
Relationship has a claim which is generally acknowledged. It is better to seek kindness from a kinsman than from a stranger. Water soon evaporates and leaves no mark behind; not so blood. So the interest we take in a stranger is thinner and more evanescent than that which we take in a blood relation. The proverb occurs in Ray's Collection (1672) and is probably many years older.
blood money
The reward given by the legislature on the conviction of highwaymen, burglars, &c.
blood money
Money paid to a person for giving such evidence as shall lead to the con- viction of another; money paid to the next of kin to induce him to forgo his "right" of seeking blood for blood, or (formerly) as compensation for the murder of his relative; money paid to a person for betraying another, as Judas was paid blood-money for his betrayal of the Saviour.
blood relation
One in direct descent from the same father or mother; one of the same family stock.
Blood Royal
The royal family or race; also called simply "the blood," as "a prince of the blood.
blood without groats is nothing
Family with- out fortune is worthless. The allusion is perhaps to black pudding, which consists chiefly of blood and groats formed into a sausage.
blood, sweat and tears
Hard work and great effort
blue blood
High or noble birth or descent; it is a Spanish phrase, and refers to the fact that the veins shown in the skin of the pure- blooded Spanish aristocrat, whose race had suffered no Moorish or other admixture, were more blue than those of persons of mixed, and therefore inferior, ancestry.
cold blood
A house licensed for the sale of beer "NOT to be drunk on the premises."
Dragon's Blood
A picturesque name given to no more awesome substance than the red resinous exudation from the fruits of a number of palms. It was formerly used as an astringent in medicine, and is still employed as a colour- ing matter for varnishes.
dây máu ăn phần
Family ties are stronger than any other relationship
flesh and blood
Human beings, especially in reference to their weaknesses or emotions
get blood out of a stone
to obtain something from someone who is very unwilling to give it
good blood always shows itself
A person's true character will eventually be revealed
gutter blood
A low or vulgar man.—Scotch.
have blood on one's hands
be responsible for someone's death or harm
have someone's blood on one's head
be responsible for someone's death or harm
in cold blood
Ruthlessly.
in cold blood
Deliberately; not in the excitement of passion or of battle.
it makes my heart bleed
It makes me very sorrowful. Take your own will, my very heart bleeds for thee. FLETCHER: Queen of Corinth, ii, 3.
it runs in the blood
It is inherited or exists in the family or race. It runs in the blood of our family. — SHERIDAN: The Rivals, iv, 2.
laws written in blood
Demades said that the laws of Draco were written in blood, because every offence was punishable by death.
make someone's blood boil
To cause someone to feel intense anger
Man of Blood and Iron
An epithet be- stowed on Bismarck (1815-98), for many years Chancellor of Prussia and Germany, on account of his war policy and his indomitable will expressed in his first speech after appoint- ment as Minister-General.
my own flesh and blood
My own children, brothers, sisters, or other near kindred. The blood of the Grograms. Taffety gentility; ^ make-believe aristocratic blood. Grogram is a coarse silk taffety stiffened with gum (Fr. gros grain).
máu chảy, ruột mềm
When the blood sheds, the heart aches.
ngậm máu phun người
To endure suffering in silence and then take revenge
one's blood is up
Someone is very angry or excited
out for blood
Seeking revenge or punishment
shed blood
to kill or injure someone
smell blood
Sense an opportunity to take advantage of someone
stir someone's blood
Excite or arouse someone's emotions or passions
the field of blood
Aceldama (Acts i, 19), the piece of ground purchased with the blood- money of our Saviour, and set apart for the burial of strangers.
too rich for one's blood
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
written in blood
Established or guaranteed at great personal cost
you cannot get blood out of a stone
You cannot get something from someone who is unable or unwilling to give it
young blood
New and energetic people, often bringing fresh ideas
young blood
Fresh members; as, "To bring young blood into the concern." The term with the article, "a young blood," signifies a young rip, a wealthy young aristo- crat of convivial habits.