"effing and blinding" meaning in All languages combined

See effing and blinding on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Etymology: Effing is for "f'ing", a euphemism for fucking; blinding is related to blimey, i.e. "God blind me!". Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} effing and blinding (uncountable)
  1. (informal) swearing, cursing. Tags: informal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-effing_and_blinding-en-noun-A~SHqanw

Verb [English]

Etymology: Effing is for "f'ing", a euphemism for fucking; blinding is related to blimey, i.e. "God blind me!". Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} effing and blinding
  1. present participle and gerund of eff and blind Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: eff and blind
    Sense id: en-effing_and_blinding-en-verb-Hvd9OanA Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 31 69 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 6 94 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 7 93

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