Blue murder

Posted by R. Berg on April 13, 2001

In Reply to: Precise meaning of posted by Colin on April 12, 2001

: : scream bloody murder

: There is also 'sreaming blue murder'(UK?).
: Where does that come from?

Might "blue" be a euphemism for "bloody"?

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