- black and blue
- if a person or part of their body is black and blue, their skin is covered with bruises (= black marks caused by being hit).
He was beaten black and blue at boarding school.
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black and blue — lack and blue n. the dark color of a bruise in the flesh, which is accompanied with a mixture of blue. To pinch the slatterns black and blue. Hudibras. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
black and blue — lack and blue, black and blue lack and blueadj. discolored by or as if by bruising; of skin. livid bruises Syn: livid. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
black-and-blue — lack and blue, black and blue lack and blueadj. discolored by or as if by bruising; of skin. livid bruises Syn: livid. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
black and blue — {adj.} Badly bruised. * /Poor Jim was black and blue after he fell off the apple tree./ … Dictionary of American idioms
black and blue — {adj.} Badly bruised. * /Poor Jim was black and blue after he fell off the apple tree./ … Dictionary of American idioms
black-and-blue livid — injured injured adj. 1. having received an injury; usually used of physical or mental injury to persons. Opposite of {uninjured}. [Narrower terms: {abraded, scraped, skinned ; {battle scarred, scarred}; {bit, bitten, stung ; {black and blue,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
black-and-blue — adjective Date: 14th century darkly discolored from blood effused by bruising … New Collegiate Dictionary
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Black and white — Black Black, n. 1. That which is destitute of light or whiteness; the darkest color, or rather a destitution of all color; as, a cloth has a good black. [1913 Webster] Black is the badge of hell, The hue of dungeons, and the suit of night. Shak.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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