what the blazes are you up to
1what the blazes …? — what/where/who the ˈblazes…? idiom (old fashioned, informal) used to emphasize that you are annoyed and surprised, to avoid using the word ‘ hell ’ • What the bla …
2what the blazes — what/why/how/who/the blazes spoken old fashioned phrase used for emphasizing a question you are asking, especially when you are annoyed about something Thesaurus: ways of adding emphasis to questionssynonym …
3where the blazes …? — what/where/who the ˈblazes…? idiom (old fashioned, informal) used to emphasize that you are annoyed and surprised, to avoid using the word ‘ hell ’ • What the bla …
4who the blazes …? — what/where/who the ˈblazes…? idiom (old fashioned, informal) used to emphasize that you are annoyed and surprised, to avoid using the word ‘ hell ’ • What the bla …
5blazes, the (blue) — Emph. addition to what? who? how? ♣ What the blazes are you doing? …
6(the) blue blazes — old fashioned, informal if you start a question with what/who/why etc. the blazes, you show that you are very surprised or angry about the thing you are asking about. What the blazes are they doing up on the roof? …
7why the blazes — what/why/how/who/the blazes spoken old fashioned phrase used for emphasizing a question you are asking, especially when you are annoyed about something Thesaurus: ways of adding emphasis to questionssynonym …
8how the blazes — what/why/how/who/the blazes spoken old fashioned phrase used for emphasizing a question you are asking, especially when you are annoyed about something Thesaurus: ways of adding emphasis to questionssynonym …
9who the blazes — what/why/how/who/the blazes spoken old fashioned phrase used for emphasizing a question you are asking, especially when you are annoyed about something Thesaurus: ways of adding emphasis to questionssynonym …
10what — 1 predeterminer, determiner, pronoun 1 used when asking questions about a thing or person, or a kind of thing or person that you do not know anything about: What are you doing? | What colour is the new carpet? | “What do you do?” “I m a teacher.” …
