swore like a trooper
Used extreme profanity
Swore like a trooper means to use profanity freely and vigorously.
The trooper is a soldier, and the phrase invokes the stereotype of military men cursing without restraint: When she hit her thumb with the hammer, she swore like a trooper.
The expression is mildly old-fashioned but still understood.
- four-letter wordShort crude expression
- expletiveProfane emotional utterance
- curse like a sailorUse abundant profanity
- turn the air blueSpeak in obscenities
- let looseRemove restraints from
soldier · rant and rave · invective · obscenity · blasphemy · drill sergeant · foul-mouthed · vulgarity · lose one's temper · lose one's cool · fly off the handle · blow off steam · profanity · roughneck · slur · taboo language · coarse language · grunt