Significato: bleed

bli:dv. sanguinare, perdere sangue; (fig) morire, versare il proprio sangue; stillare linfa; provare grande compassione; diffondersi; venir fuori

blee Idioma

bleeding heart

one who begs for sympathy for victims, have a soft spot... "Hector is a bleeding heart for wolves. ""Save the wolves,"" he tells people in his speeches."

bleed like a stuck pig

to bleed profusely

bleeder

an objectionable person

bleeding

used as an intensive: "That bleeding idiot from next door is drunk again"

bleezie

see blaze

bleep sth out

Idiom(s): bleep sth out

Theme: TABOO

to replace a word or phrase in a radio or television broadcast with some sort of musical tone. (This is sometimes done to prevent a bad word or other information from being broadcast.)
• He tried to say the word on television, but they bleeped it out.
• They tried to bleep out the whole sentence.

Bleeding edge

Similar to 'cutting edge', this implies a technology or process that is at the forefront or beyond current practices. However, because it is unproven, it is often dangerous to use (hence the 'bleeding').

My heart bleeds

If your heart bleeds for someone, you feel genuine sympathy and sadness for them.

blip out|bleep|bleep out|blip

v. phr., informal To delete electronically a word on television or on radio either because it mentions the name of an established firm in a commercial or because it is a censored word not allowed for television audiences, resulting in a sound resembling the word "bleep." What was the old product they compared Spic-n-Span to? I don't know; they've bleeped it out.

bleed

bleed
In addition to the idiom beginning with bleed, also see my heart bleeds for you.

bleed someone white

bleed someone white
Extort money, take someone's last penny. For example, That contractor would have bled the department white, but fortunately he was apprehended in time. Presumably this term alludes to losing so much blood that one turns pale (and perhaps also to the idea that money is the life blood of commerce). [First half of 1900s]

my heart bleeds for you

my heart bleeds for you
I don't feel at all sorry for you, I don't sympathize, as in You only got a five percent raise? My heart bleeds for you. Originating in the late 1300s, this hyperbolic expression of sympathy has been used ironically since the mid-1700s.