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Definition of eff and blind in English:

eff and blind

phrase

British informal

  • Use expletives; swear.

    ‘I scrabbled for my clothes, effing and blinding’
    • ‘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.’
    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