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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 |
| Delilah | | di-LIE-lə (English) | Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, English |
| Raganhildis | | - | Ancient Germanic |
| Darian | | DER-ee-ən, DAR-ee-ən | English |
| Dulce | | DOOL-the (Spanish), DOOL-se (Latin American Spanish) | Spanish, Portuguese |
| Phares | | - | Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin |
| Atum | | - | Egyptian Mythology |