have the blues

have the blues

English

Verb

have the blues (third-person singular simple present has the blues, present participle having the blues, simple past and past participle had the blues)

1. (idiomatic, informal) To be depressed; to have low morale; to feel sad.

   I've had the blues ever since my sweetheart left.

Translations

be depressed

Chinese: Mandarin: 感到憂傷／感到忧伤 (gǎndào yōushāng) French: avoir le cafard (fr), broyer du noir (fr) Japanese: 憂鬱である (ゆううつである, yūutsu de aru) Russian: тоскова́ть (ru) impf (toskovátʹ), грусти́ть (ru) impf (grustítʹ)

References

• “have the blues” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.