Feel Blue Definition & Meaning

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feel blue Idioms

1. Be depressed or sad, as in I was really feeling blue after she told me she was leaving. The use of blue to mean “sad” dates from the late 1300s. See also blue funk, def. 2; have the blues.

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So if there is a dip, investors shouldn’t feel blue but embrace the yellow metal.

From Barron's

The album’s title is an anagram of “I Felt Helpless,” reflecting a transformative journey through their album concepts: feel blue, symbolizing the sense of helplessness and loneliness; feel new, symbolizing renewed emotions of positivity and liberation; and feel you, reflecting the solidarity and togetherness of the 13 members.

From Los Angeles Times

Other items featured include tank tops that say “Depressed but Make It Hot!” and a $380 cashmere crew neck embroidered with “It’s okay to feel blue.”

From Slate

One hundred years later, the blues endures as the essence of American music, from rock ’n’ roll and three-chord country songs to hip-hop and contemporary R&B. If in a 2020 hit like Chris Brown and Young Thug’s “Go Crazy,” the title means to party, not to feel blue, we should remember that Mamie Smith’s “Crazy Blues” was also a dance tune: People were not only moved by it; they moved to it.

From New York Times

Throw in some hormonal mayhem, and it’s no wonder the women in the book feel blue.

From Washington Post

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