What does black and blue mean?
Idiom Meaning:
covered in bruises
Examples of this Idiom in Movies & TV Shows:
Jessica Jones “AKA It’s Called Whiskey” (2015)
Jessica Jones: You turned my room into a gym?
Trish Walker: I needed a place to train.
Jessica Jones: By training, you mean getting beaten black and blue.
Trish Walker: No one touches me unless I want them to. I let you fight my battles for too long. When you left…
Jessica Jones: You became a ninja?
Trish Walker: Krav Maga. More brutal.
Kalifornia (2008)
Time of Scene:
Adele Corners: My God, Carrie. If Early ever saw me in a picture like that I’d be black and blue for a week.
Carrie Laughlin: You shouldn’t let him do that to you.
Adele Corners: You think Early’s mean to me? Well he’s not. He may punish me once in a while, but he’s not mean.
South Park “Stunning and Brave” (2015)
PC Fraternity: Woo Woo! We’ll fight until you’re PC black and blue.
Randy Marsh: Woo Woo!
PC Fraternity: We are language police. Fighting bigotry. Hurtful words can suck our turds cause it’s PC for me!
PC Fraternity Guy: And you!
PC Fraternity: Woo Woo! Yeah! Fuck yeah! PC, bro!
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