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blood and guts

[bluhd-n-guhts] / ˈblʌd nˈgʌts /


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But this is not a blood-and-guts show business exposé — it’s a diaphanous portrait of a woman who, like Anderson herself, wafts through life like a marabou feather.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2025

It communicates on an instinctive, blood-and-guts level, not through “West Wing”-like dialogues on policy.

From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2024

All the squidgy toys and soft baby blankets and consumable cuteness is a huge denial of the blood-and-guts experience of birth.

From The Guardian • Sep. 13, 2018

His blood-and-guts style made fans associate him with Maryland greats; “clearly Dez Wells has set a standard for hard work and work ethic,” Warren said.

From Washington Post • Mar. 22, 2016

A woman—presumably Chip’s mom—said unhappily, “You always have to watch the blood-and-guts shows.”

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix