scream bloody murder
Example Sentences
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When the moves would backfire, people would scream bloody murder.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2021
My son was trying to toddle his way around to the back rooms or touching the giant signs in the waiting room, and refused to be picked up lest he scream bloody murder.
From Slate ● Dec. 30, 2019
There are protections in place to guard against political meddling, and armies of career civil servants would scream bloody murder if any appointee — Democrat or Republican — violated them.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 9, 2017
It has that Microsoft Office problem where it looks like most of the features are only used by 5 percent of users — who would all scream bloody murder if they ever went away.
From The Verge ● May 4, 2016
“What are we supposed to tell them? Go scream bloody murder naked through the streets?”
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
