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Meaning of black and blue | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Having obvious bruises of the skin, typically from falling or being hit or punched.

colloquial, not-comparable

Equivalents

Bosanski tim tim
Deutsch grün und blau
Suomi mustelmilla
Hrvatski tim tim
Bahasa Indonesia bonyok
日本語 こてんぱん
Kurdî tîm tim tim
Latina lividus
Nederlands bont en blauw
Polski posiniaczony
Português pisado roxo
Српски tim tim
Svenska gul och blå
ไทย สะบักสะบอม
Türkçe mosmor
Tiếng Việt tím

Examples

“My arm is still black and blue from slipping on the ice yesterday.”
“The whole benighted, blooming crew, The Puddin'-thieves, the Usher too, Are being beaten black and blue With bottles on the pate.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

black and brown black and white black as a dog's guts black as coal black as my hat black as Newgate's knocker

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