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Definition of black and blue in English: black and blueadjective Covered in livid bruises. （人）青一块紫一块的 he earnt good money being beaten black and blue as a prize fighter Example sentencesExamples - He said: ‘A young girl was subjected to a prolonged beating until she was literally black and blue.’
- So anyway, he was black and blue too, but his injury was all covered by hair.
- True, I had been black and blue from the beating he had given me, and he had nearly drowned me, but what I had done was no better.
- ‘He is black and blue and bruised all over from bails bouncing off every part of his body,’ a friend once remarked.
- I am black and blue, scraped up, swollen and covered in bug bites.
- ‘I am black and blue and it is still very painful when I move,’ she said.
- An 80-year-old woman has been left black and blue after crashing to the ground four times on pavements near her home.
- Physically it had torn her up, broken her, left her with bruises with weeks, everywhere, black and blue.
- She suffered a badly cut leg and was black and blue with bruising.
- It's been a really long time since I snowboarded, and even at my best I was totally black and blue from crashing so often, but miraculously I am pretty good at it this time.
Synonyms purplish, bluish, dark, discoloured, purple, greyish-blue
Definition of black and blue in US English: black and blueadjective 1Discolored by bruising. a black-and-blue mark on his arm Example sentencesExamples - ‘I have had so many blood tests that my arms are black and blue, but I'm still waiting for my operation,’ she said.
- ‘I got fouled definitely, and my legs are black and blue to prove it,’ he said.
- She was gingerly fingering the black and blue bruise under her eye that showed up as a shadow in spite of the diligent make up.
- My elbows were black and blue from where I had been digging them into the witness box.
- She moved her shirt down even more, exposing the bandages that still did not cover several patches of black and blue welts of skin.
- The operation itself was very painful and my legs were black and blue all over for about three weeks.
- Both of my knees were black and blue and it was very painful to climb the steps.
- Her face and hands and any other skin that was visible was black and blue with bruises.
- Adam would have smiled at the compliment but the black and blue discolorations on his cheeks halted him from doing so.
- There was already a black and blue bruise starting under his left eye and he was bleeding from his mouth.
- 1.1 (of a person) covered in bruises.
（人）青一块紫一块的 they were both black and blue the day after the accident Example sentencesExamples - Physically it had torn her up, broken her, left her with bruises with weeks, everywhere, black and blue.
- ‘I am black and blue and it is still very painful when I move,’ she said.
- True, I had been black and blue from the beating he had given me, and he had nearly drowned me, but what I had done was no better.
- An 80-year-old woman has been left black and blue after crashing to the ground four times on pavements near her home.
- It's been a really long time since I snowboarded, and even at my best I was totally black and blue from crashing so often, but miraculously I am pretty good at it this time.
- I am black and blue, scraped up, swollen and covered in bug bites.
- So anyway, he was black and blue too, but his injury was all covered by hair.
- He said: ‘A young girl was subjected to a prolonged beating until she was literally black and blue.’
- She suffered a badly cut leg and was black and blue with bruising.
- ‘He is black and blue and bruised all over from bails bouncing off every part of his body,’ a friend once remarked.
Synonyms purplish, bluish, dark, discoloured, purple, greyish-blue
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