blood and guts
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- noun
- /blʌd ənd ɡʌts/
- NSFW
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sangre y vísceras
- Just like a real video game, but with real blood and guts!
- want to see blood and guts
They were all about blood and guts, murder and sexuality.
- They were all about blood and guts, murder and sexuality.
- It was more of a, it was more of a blood and guts, hard nose in your face.
- It's not, you know, we're not spectators on the scene of a terrible crash in which we're seeing people with, you know, blood and guts spilling out in front of us.
Examples
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We'll show blood and guts.
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Those with an appetite for blood and guts and killing.
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- Shakespeare was all about blood and guts.
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They were all about blood and guts, murder and sexuality.
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How's the blood and guts business, Moulsson?
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The horror movie was filled with blood and guts, making it almost unbearable to watch.
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In some action films, the scenes often focus on blood and guts to emphasize the brutality of the conflict.
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Many video games feature blood and guts to appeal to players looking for intense experiences.
Synonyms
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Thick blood that comes from a wound after violence or injury
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Killing or hurting many people in war and other violence
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A mass killing of people, often during war or attacks
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A description that shows the violent, bloody parts of an event
Very violent and bloody scenes in films, video games, or other media
A large amount of violent, bloody scenes in films or books
Antonyms
How Gory
- NSFW
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase literally names two bodily elements ('blood' and 'guts'), so a learner who knows those words and the conjunction 'and' can readily infer a meaning of graphic bodily injury or gore. The figurative extension to intense, raw feeling or determination is also predictable from the literal imagery, so overall the expression is compositionally transparent to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Blood and guts comes from the clear, literal image of blood and guts spilled in violent, gory scenes. Because of that strong, ugly picture, it means 'graphic violence' and is also used to describe raw 'determination'.