American Idiom - If You Want Blood, YOU'VE GOT IT!

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Notes for American Idiom – If You Want Blood, You’ve GOT IT! Video
ERRATA NOTICE: It appears the word “Consanguinuity” is more commonly (read: almost always) spelled “consanguinity.” I apologize for any confusion this may have caused.

What We’re Covering Here:

1. The meanings (and sometimes origins) of American idioms and phrases containing the word “blood.”
2. A few other relevant “fun facts.”
3. Whatever else comes up as I’m recording this.
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Who’d Like This:

1. High school and college students studying for the SAT and ACT ; people coming to the U.S. from other countries; people learning American English as a second language; U.S. natives who want to learn regionalisms or idioms they don’t know.

 
Source Material For this Video:
Barron’s A Dictionary of American Idioms (5th ed., 2018) Barron’s Educational Services, New York, NY.
My general knowledge and what I could access/verify using Google.

Jump Links for this Video:

• “Blood relatives;” “Consanguinuity” or “consanguinity.” 0:16
• “Blood will tell:” 01:15
• “Blood Brothers:” 1:36
• “Bad Blood:” 2:28
• “[To Be] Out for Blood:” 2:54
• “Blood and guts/blood and gore:” 3:19
• “Smell Blood:” 4:17
• “Taste Blood:” 4:44
• “To Scream Bloody Murder:” 5:06
• “Sanguine,” “Sangria:” 5:54
• “You Can’t Get Blood from a Stone / Turnip:” 6:36
• “In [A Person’s] Blood:” 7:48
• “In Cold Blood:” 8:27
• “Blood Runs Cold/Turns to Ice/Freezes:” 9:20
• “Curdle Someone’s Blood:” 10:02
• “Bloody:” 10:35
• “Bloodshot Eyes:” 11:28
• “Someone’s Blood is Up:” 12:05
• “To Go for the Jugular:” 12:13
• “To Make [a person’s] Blood Boil:” 13:22
• “Blood, Sweat, and Tears:” 14:56
• “Blood on [Someone’s] Hands:” 15:54
• “Blood and Iron:” 17:53
• “Blue Blood:” 18:32
• “Blood in War and Peace:” 19:20
• “First Blood:” 20:06
• “Blood and Thunder:” 21:07
• “Blood is Thicker than Water:” 21:43
• “New Blood:” 22:26
• “Young Blood:” 22:48
• “Did You Find this Video Useful?”/Contact Information: 23:09
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Links for References/Links to Relevant Topics:
AC/DC : If You Want Blood, You’ve Got It! Video https://youtu.be/6EWqTym2cQU Other versions also available.
The Blues Brothers (1980) movie – easily obtainable thought Netflix, Google Play, clips on YouTube.
The Blues Brothers Official Site : https://bluesbrothersofficialsite.com/history
34 Useful Blood Idioms & Phrases: https://englishbyday.com/blood-idioms
WebMD Information on Hematidrosis : www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/hematidrosis-hematohidrosis
San Francisco Chronicle : www.SFgate.com
Meaning of the phrase “Blue Blood:” https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/blue-blood.html
Wikipedia entry on “Blood and Iron:” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_and_Iron_(speech)
Wikipedia entry on “hue and cry” (“scream bloody murder”): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hue_and_cry
“The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.” quote attributed to U.S. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr..  https://www.quotes.net/quote/41180
 
Links for References/Links to Relevant Topics:
Free, Full-Length, Official College Board SAT Practice Tests. (This video uses the essay from Practice Test 5).

https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat/practice/full-length-practice-tests
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