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Phrase(s): *the blues
1. sadness; a mood of depression. (*Typically: get ~; have ~.) • You’ll have to excuse Bill. He’s getting the blues thinking about Jane. • I get the blues every time I hear that song. 2. a traditional style of popular music characterized by lyrics expressing hardship, lost love, etc. • Buddy had been singing the blues ever since the Depression.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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noun type of slow sad music VERB + BLUES play, sing He plays blues on the accordion. She was in the back of a smoky bar singing the blues. BLUES + NOUN band, musician, singer | song 2 the blues state of feeling sad/depressed QUANT. attack, fit a bad attack of the blues VERB + BLUES have | get, suffer from | banish, beat I plan a holiday as a way to beat the blues.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary