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)
See also: blues, sing

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Delilahdi-LIE-lə (English)Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, English
Raganhildis-Ancient Germanic
DarianDER-ee-ən, DAR-ee-ənEnglish
DulceDOOL-the (Spanish), DOOL-se (Latin American Spanish)Spanish, Portuguese
Phares-Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin
Atum-Egyptian Mythology