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blood and guts

[bluhd-n-guhts] / ˈblʌd nˈgʌts /


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Before seeing “The Substance,” I considered myself to be generally thick-skinned about blood and guts.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2024

It opts for softer gross-outs like bugs and vomit instead of heavy blood and guts, but it doesn’t sacrifice impact.

From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2024

“If somebody’s looking for blood and guts, we are not the place. It’s about the surprise.”

From Washington Post ● Oct. 9, 2019

Surgery, meanwhile, is divided into a few camps: well-lit Grey’s Anatomy–style operating rooms; plastic surgery patients with Sharpie-lined skin; and a few close-ups of real surgeries—and the requisite blood and guts.

From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2017

Meanwhile Galen and I hauled five-gallon buckets of blood and guts and feathers from the processing shed to the compost pile.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan




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