Your eyes are black and blue. What does "black and blue" mean here?
Your eyes are blacknblue?
Most likely: The person was hit in the face, or injured the area around the eyes. Less likely: Person has allergy problems (allergic shiners), or looks like they've been without sleep.
Unlikely: The person has one black eye and one blue eye.
Unlikely: The person has one black eye and one blue eye.
A black eye = a bruised eye.
Black and blue = heavily bruised. "They beat him black and blue."
Black and blue = heavily bruised. "They beat him black and blue."
While a bruise can be referred to as a "black and blue," when it occurs on the eye, it is most often called a "black eye." If someone's eyes (plural) were black and blue, it would suggest that they were injured and suffered two black eyes -- perhaps in a fight or accident.
As the second poster noted, "shiner" is another term for a black eye.
As the second poster noted, "shiner" is another term for a black eye.
To say someone was beaten 'black and blue' is a standard expression that is in no way racist. If you hit someone in the eye, the eye goes 'black'. If you hit someone about the body, the body bruises in various colours. This has got nothing to do with race, unless you want to make the point that 'black and blue' is an expression more appropriate to white people, than people whose bruises you cannot see.
Unfortunately educational establishments are often taken over by people who have no common sense or intelligence.
Unfortunately educational establishments are often taken over by people who have no common sense or intelligence.