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 Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.