thud and blunder
nounEtymology
Spoonerism of blood and thunder.
Definitions
An adventure or active endeavor that is characterized by, often humorous, errors.
- The hard-hitting, action packed, thud and blunder adventure fantasy was a commodity during that somber decade: Americans paid money to forget their troubles, and the pulps were willing to sell.
- Though history could still be perilous, as the thud and blunder of Jean's own, lowercase, romance had proved.
- England manager Gareth Southgate will have struggled to decide whether his glass was half-full or half-empty as he reflected on a thud and blunder night against Kosovo at St Mary's
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