"screwed, blued and tattooed" meaning in All languages combined

See screwed, blued and tattooed on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: screwed, glued and tattooed [alternative]
Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} screwed, blued and tattooed
  1. (slang, idiomatic) Placed in a perplexing, very difficult situation, especially a situation in which one has been unjustly victimized. Tags: idiomatic, slang
    Sense id: en-screwed,_blued_and_tattooed-en-adj-KuQdUS7i Categories (other): English coordinated triples, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "2006 Feb. 8, Terry Jones, \"Is the fix in? The judging scandal that rocked figure skating, Edmonton Sun (Canada) (retrieved 23 July 2013)",
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          "ref": "2008, Riki Ott, Not One Drop: Betrayal and Courage in the Wake of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, →ISBN, page 92:",
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