Usage of "black-and-blue"

Discolored by coagulation of blood beneath the skin.

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Ús de black-and-blue en anglès

Stansfield sat back and ran his right hand over his black-and-blue-striped tie. 
 American assassin 

It's all black-and-blue, and he can't lift it enough to fiddle to-night. 
 Madelon: A Novel 

Patrick nursed his black-and-blue spots and fell back on his flute for solace. 
 Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 / Little Jou... 

Where Georg Riegg's stone had struck her, there was an ugly black-and-blue bruise. 
 The hangman's daughter 

The flame spreading into the wings, hurrying up the black-and-blue-twined carpets like eager guests. 
 The Shining 

His face was black-and-blue, but that, too, could have been done by the logs. 
 The hangman's daughter 

And one time she beat my brother black-and-blue, that witch! 
 The hangman's daughter 

Others make jokes of women bleeding from the face or black-and-blue from a beating. 
 Reuters 

People were brilliant spots of color, and highways black-and-blue jagged smears across a natural landscape. 
 Walking dead 

Reminds me of the man who saw a big black-and-blue spot on his boy's forehead. 
 The Redemption of David Corson 

I was pale and gaunt, my right eye was black-and-blue, and my jaw was still swollen. 
 Somewhere inside 

These would explode, and I was twice hit by the bullets, which left a black-and-blue mark. 
 Edison: His Life and Inventions 

Today Drew's face is more black-and-blue than flesh-toned. 
 Divergent 

Really? Jon's black-and-blue face split into a grin. 
 Running scared 

His eyes were slits encircled by black-and-blue rings. 
 The man who ate the 747 

The lecherous and depraved old man was delighted with Hungry Joe's split lips and black-and-blue eyes. 
 Catch-22 

Significats de black-and-blue en anglès