blood on the walls
I was watching a TV drama and I heard an expression " blood on the walls" which I don't really understand.
The context of the dialogue is like "Can you imagine the fallout when this goes public? Blood on the walls."

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blood on the walls
I was watching a TV drama and I heard an expression " blood  on the walls" which I don't really understand.
The  context of the dialogue is like "Can you imagine the fallout when this goes public? Blood on the walls."

Answer

People will be killed and their blood will be splattered up on the walls.  => An unpleasant consequence will happen.

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it is just suggesting the reaction would be violent, extreme, like people fighting, so that there is bleeding - it is metaphorical - just like 'the shit will hit the fan'

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