blue the air

phrase

informal

: to curse angrily

He sliced the air with his fists and blued the air with his mouth.

—Steve Kelley

I have been stealing my father's copy (of Massachusetts Wildlife) for a long time, but last week he found an issue on my desk and blued the air a bit.

—Stephen King Donovan

Word History

First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for blue the air

• aftercare
• anywhere
• billionaire
• chinaware
• debonair
• dinnerware
• disrepair
• doctrinaire
• earthenware
• everywhere
• frigidaire
• kitchenware