phrase

• Use vulgar expletives; swear.

  More example sentences

  • ‘You can eff and blind all you want; the rules still stand’
  • ‘Far better, then, to get a whole bunch of ordinary people for him to humiliate and eff and blind at instead.’
  • ‘They never get in trouble when they eff and blind at home.’
  • ‘He used to eff and blind at me but he was a superb coach.’

  Synonyms

  curse, blaspheme, utter profanities, utter oaths, be foul-mouthed, use bad language, use foul language, be blasphemous, take the Lord's name in vain, swear like a trooper, damn

  Origin

  Blind from its use in expletives such as blind me (see blimey).