• blood is thicker than water, blood will tell
• to become black in the face, to go red, to grow red, to turn red
• to go red, to grow red, to turn red
• blood sprang from the wound
• blood oozes from the wound
• his blood was congealed
• there is a streak of Irish blood in him
• have a dash of tar-brush
• one's own flesh and blood
• have a dash of tar-brush, have a touch of the tar-brush
• to be appalled at the sight of sg
• have a lick of the tar-brush