screwed, blued and tattooed
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[edit]- Placed in a perplexing, very difficult situation, especially a situation in which one has been unjustly victimized.
- 1993 October 27, Molly Ivins, “Nafta Will Bring Lower Wages”, in Gainesville Sun, retrieved 23 July 2013, page 10A:
- Bubba is already getting shafted—as he says himself, screwed, blued and tattooed.
- 2006 Feb. 8, Terry Jones, "Is the fix in? The judging scandal that rocked figure skating, Edmonton Sun (Canada) (retrieved 23 July 2013):
- "The Canadians were hosed. They were screwed, blued and tattooed."
References
[edit]- “screwed, blued and tattooed”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.