covered all over with cuts and bruises
It is a Chinese idiom, pronounced Bi à NT à L í NSH à ng, which means that the whole body is injured, and the scars are as dense as fish scales; it describes that the injury is very serious. From the history of pain by Wu Jianren in Qing Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
The sixth chapter of the history of pain written by Wu Jianren in Qing Dynasty: "it's hard to walk because I've been beaten all over the body."
Analysis of Idioms
Antonym: in perfect condition
Idiom usage
Subject predicate type; used as predicate and attribute; used to describe a person's physical injury
covered all over with cuts and bruises
losers are always in the wrong - chéng wáng bài kòu
the sweat broke out all over one 's body and trickled down his back - hàn chū jiā bèi
a feast in which figures every delicacy from land and sea - shuǐ lù bì chén
Accumulate, destroy and eliminate bones - jī huǐ xiāo gǔ