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black-and-blue
[ blak-uhn-bloo ]
adjective
- discolored, as by bruising; exhibiting ecchymosis:
a black-and-blue mark on my knee.
black-and-blue
adjective
- (of the skin) discoloured, as from a bruise
- feeling pain or soreness, as from a beating
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of black-and-blue1
Idioms and Phrases
Badly bruised, as in That fall down the stairs left me black and blue all over . Even though multicolored bruises rarely include the color black, this term has been so used since about 1300.Example Sentences
The singer re-emerged wearing a sparkly black-and-blue outfit complete with roller skates as he introduced will.i.am for their collaboration OMG - a song title which reflected the crowd's reaction.
鈥淵ou don鈥檛 have to be black-and-blue to be in a domestic violence situation,鈥 she said.
鈥淎nd that鈥檚 the reason that he鈥檚 gone/And left you black-and-blue.鈥
Back at T-Mobile Park on Monday afternoon, Moore lifted up his shirt to reveal the oversized black-and-blue welt under his left shoulder blade on Monday afternoon.
Green-winged Inca jays, with yellow bellies and black-and-blue faces, fluttered and squawked in nearby branches, and a dazzling array of hummingbirds purred and thumped, jostling for space at assorted feeders.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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