blue

blue
[blu:] adj <-r, -st>
1)
(colour) blau;
to be \blue with cold blaugefroren [o blau vor Kälte] sein;
dark/greeny/light \blue dunkel-/grün-/hellblau;
to go \blue blau anlaufen
2) (depressed) traurig, melancholisch gestimmt
3) (fam: pornographic) joke schweinisch (fam), ordinär;
\blue movie Pornofilm m
PHRASES:
to do sth until one is \blue in the face etw tun, bis man schwarz wird;
once in a \blue moon alle Jubeljahre einmal (fam)
to scream \blue murder (Brit) (scream loudly) brüllen wie am Spieß;
(complain) Zeter und Mordio schreien n
1) (colour) Blau nt;
to be dressed all in \blue ganz in Blau [gekleidet] sein;
the boys in \blue (hum) (fam) die Gesetzeshüter pl (hum)
2) (Brit) sports
a Cambridge/an Oxford \blue Student/Studentin der Universität Cambridge bzw. Oxford, der/die seine/ihre Universität in einem sportlichen Wettkampf vertritt bzw. vertreten hat;
he was awarded a cricket \blue er durfte seine Universität in einem Kricketspiel vertreten
3) (snooker ball) blaue Billardkugel
PHRASES:
out of the \blue aus heiterem Himmel, ohne Vorwarnung vt <blu[e]ing, -d> (Brit) (sl);
to \blue money [sein] Geld rauswerfen (fam)

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