[Idiom] What does "Blue murder" mean?

[The Ria]

What is the meaning of "Blue murder" in the following phrase:-

"shout blue murder"

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Ria

 

[emsr2d2]

It means to shout very loudly in anger or sometimes fear. In BrE, it's "to scream blue murder". Did you try to Google the phrase first? I found lots of definitions when I Googled it.

 

[The Ria]

I tried to do so, but the internet connection was very bad, and no other page was giving any connection, Never had I any other choice, And thanks for surfing the information for me.

:up:
Ria

 

[Tdol]

I tried to do so, but the internet connection was very bad, and no other page was giving any connection, Never had I any other choice, And thanks for surfing the information for me.

:up:
Ria

You can find it closer to home: Scream blue murder - Idiom Definition - UsingEnglish.com

 

[Barb_D]

This is interesting. I've never heard "shout blue murder" in the US, but we will "yell/scream bloody murder."

Yell bloody murder | Define Yell bloody murder at Dictionary.com - Definition 10

10. yell / scream bloody murder, a. to scream loudly in pain, fear, etc.
b. to protest loudly and angrily: If I don't get a good raise I'm going to yell bloody murder.

T- I wonder if you could change the idiom defiintion to include the American version as an alternate?

 

[Tdol]

T- I wonder if you could change the idiom defiintion to include the American version as an alternate?

Your wish is my command. ;-)

https://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/yell+bloody+murder.html
https://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/scream+bloody+murder.html