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# blimey

interjection (blimey; also cor blimey, gor blimey)

«blimey» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (UK, informal) a cry of surprise, shock or amazement, like «wow!» or «goodness!». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blimey/#m1)
2. (euphemism, origin) a softened form of the old oath «God blind me». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blimey/#m2)

### In the lessons

Very common in British speech, old-fashioned but friendly; heard in films, comics and from grandparents; mild, not rude; a way to swear without swearing. UK, Ireland, Australia.

### Examples

- Blimey, look at the size of that dog! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blimey/#x1)
- Blimey, is that the time already? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blimey/#x2)
- «It costs how much? Blimey!» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blimey/#x3)
- Cor blimey, it's freezing out there. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blimey/#x4)
- Blimey, Charlie, you've grown! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blimey/#x5)
- The answer was 1,000? Blimey, I wrote 100. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blimey/#x6)
- Blimey O'Reilly, what a mess! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blimey/#x7)

### Note

Mild and safe in most places, even with children. Nobody hears the old «God blind me» in it any more. It sounds very British; in the USA it sounds like an English film character.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «blimey» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blimey/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«blimey» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/blimey.html) on Mova free.