Read full poem →Him timeless[245] death took, she was deified.
I saw one's legs with fetters black and blue,
By whom the husband his wife's incest[246] knew:
Dictionary Entry
(of a person) Having obvious bruises of the skin, typically from falling or being hit or punched.
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“My arm is still black and blue from slipping on the ice yesterday.”
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Poetry examples for “black and blue”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →As had a reason to be seen,--
As much as God made black and blue.
He liked your hair and eyes, Eileen."
Read full poem →To Black and Blue,
That Fancy doth it Beauty make.