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In addition to the idiom beginning with blood, also see bad blood; draw blood; flesh and blood; in cold blood; in one's blood; make one's blood boil; make one's blood run cold; new blood; out for (blood); run in the blood (family); scream bloody murder; shed blood; sporting blood; sweat blood. Also see under bleed.

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bad blood

anger; hatred

blood is thicker than water

family ties are stronger than others

have someone's blood on one's head

to be responsible for someone's death or misfortune

in cold blood

with cruelty; unfeelingly
dispassionately; deliberately

make one's blood boil

to make one angry or resentful

make one's blood run cold

to frighten or terrify one

See blood in American Heritage Dictionary 4 Idioms

bad blood

Long-standing animosity.

in cold blood

Deliberately, coldly, and dispassionately.

in (one's) blood

So characteristic as to seem inherited or passed down by family tradition.

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