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Mickey Blue Eyes

Director:Kelly MakinWriters:Robert Kuhn and Adam ScheinmanCastle Rock Entertainment; PG-13; 102 minutesRelease:8/99Cast:Hugh Grant, James Caan, Jeanne Tripplehorn Fans of Analyze This and…

Dancing at the Blue Iguana

Director/Writer:Michael RadfordMoonstone Entertainment; R; 123 minutesRelease:10/01Cast:Daryl Hannah, Jennifer Tilly, Sandra Oh Dancing at the Blue Iguana is a movie about strippers. Like…

Brewer's: Blue Monday

The Monday before Lent, spent in dissipation. (German, der blaue Montag.) It is said that dissipation gives everything a blue tinge. Hence “blue” means tipsy. (See Blue Devils .) Drink…

Brewer's: Blue Moon

Once in a blue moon. Very rarely indeed. On December 10th, 1883, we had a “blue moon.” The winter was unusually mild. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Blue…

Brewer's: Blue Mould

Applied to cheese which has become the bed of a fungus, technically called Aspergillus glaucus. The blue mould of bread, paste, jams, etc., is the fungus called Mucor Mucedo. Source:…

Brewer's: Blue Murder

To shout blue murder. Indicative more of terror or alarm than of real danger. It appears to be a play on the French exclamation morbleu; there may also be a distinct allusion to the common…

Brewer's: Blue-noses

The Nova Scotians. “Pray, sir,' said one of my fellow-passengers, `can you tell me the reason why the Nova Scotians are called ‘Blue-noses’?'” “ `It is the name of a potato,' said I, `…

Brewer's: Blue Peter

A flag with a blue ground and white square in the centre, hoisted as a signal that the ship is about to sail. Peter is a corruption of the French partir (leave or notice of departure). The…

Brewer's: Blue and Red

in public-house signs, are heraldic colours, as the Blue Pig, the Blue Cow, the Red Lion, the Red Hart, etc. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Blue and…

Brewer's: Blue Ribbon

(A). A wale from a blow. A bruise turns the skin blue. “ `Do you want a blue ribbon round those white sides of yours, you monkey?' answered Orestes; `because, if you do, the hippopotamus…