black and blue
Of a person, having obvious bruises of the skin, typically from falling or being hit…Of a person, having obvious bruises of the skin, typically from falling or being hit or punched.
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1 senses(colloquial, not comparable)Of a person, having obvious bruises of the skin, typically from falling or being hit or punched.
My arm is still black and blue from slipping on the ice yesterday.
grün und blau
Examples
18 sentencesShould I buy a black car or a blue car?
Tom beat Mary black and blue.
ruТом избил Машу до синяков. — Karok
deTom hat Mary grün und blau geschlagen. — al_ex_an_der
Tom was beaten black and blue.
deTom wurde grün und blau geschlagen. — wolfgangth
Tom's face was all black and blue.
ruЛицо Тома было всё в синяках. — sharptoothed
Fill out the application form with a black or blue ballpoint pen.
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
From Middle English blak and blo, blac and bla (“very dark, bruised”), equivalent to blackFrom Middle English blak and blo, blac and bla (“very dark, bruised”), equivalent to black + and + blow (dialectal term for blue). By surface analysis, black + and + blue.
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