Meaning of screwed, blued and tattooed | Babel Free

Definitions

Placed in a perplexing, very difficult situation, especially a situation in which one has been unjustly victimized.

idiomatic, slang

Examples

“Bubba is already getting shafted—as he says himself, screwed, blued and tattooed.”

“The Canadians were hosed. They were screwed, blued and tattooed.”

“He wailed, “I've been had, snookered, fucked, screwed, blued, and tattooed!””

CEFR level