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sing the blues
sing the blues
to complain Computer programmers are singing the blues because business is bad and no one is hiring.
Etymology: based on the type of music called the blues (a musical form in which songs often are about difficulties or bad luck)
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Pollyanna | | pahl-ee-AN-ə (English) | Literature |
| Kinley | | KIN-lee | English (Modern) |
| Hildebrand | | HIL-de-brahnt (German) | German (Archaic), Ancient Germanic |
| Ambra | | - | Italian |
| AdriÁN | | ahd-RYAHN (Spanish), AWD-ree-ahn (Hungarian) | Spanish, Hungarian |
| Omolara | | - | Western African, Yoruba |