effing 來自「f'ing」,fucking 的委婉形式;blinding 則與 blimey(「God blind me」)有關。
effing and blinding (不可數)
- (非正式) 咒罵,說髒話
Much effing and blinding could be heard from the fans when they discovered that their team had lost.- 粉絲們發現隊伍失利後,都不禁破口大罵。
effing and blinding
- eff and blind 的現在分詞