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23 June
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"get the blues" & "give the blues", what is their meaning?
"get the blues" & "give the blues", what is their meaning?
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- English (US)
@shalomAti
Blues is slang for feeling depressed or melancholy.
"gets the blues" is quite common, but I never heard anyone say "gives the blues."
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- English (US)
wow! that is an interesting English phrase(more specifically, American) that could be used in slightly different ways.
"blues" could refer to any depression, sadness, loneliness, etc.
Blues music was/is thought to be a cure for that!
- Hebrew
thank you two for the help, I'd love to some examples
- English (US)
to say, "I've got the blues" or "I'm blue" could express you are experiecing some hardship.
- English (US)
I'm exhausted from working so much.
I'm sad- I can't be with my friends.
I've got the blues.
- Hebrew
- English (US)
it is a strange(?) way to say,
"I am sad"
"I feel depressed"
sometimes, it is a way to explain being tired of difficulty.
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