"have the blues" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: has the blues [present, singular, third-person], having the blues [participle, present], had the blues [participle, past], had the blues [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|have<has,,had> the blues}} 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. Tags: idiomatic, informal Translations (be depressed): 感到憂傷 (Chinese Mandarin), 感到忧伤 (gǎndào yōushāng) (Chinese Mandarin), avoir le cafard (French), broyer du noir (French), 憂鬱である (yūutsu de aru) (alt: ゆううつである) (Japanese), тоскова́ть (toskovátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), грусти́ть (grustítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian)

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