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Meanings of have the blues in English

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Usage of have the blues in English
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If ever I have the blues you are just the right medicine.
Patchwork: A Story of 'The Plain People'
2
Don't tell me you have the blues-yourface isn't built that way!
The Voice on the Wire
3
From its brightest to its deepest shades, we have the blues this winter.
The Irish Times
4
I know now where to come when I have the blues.
The Pleasant Street Partnership: A Neighborhood Story
5
You didn't need to have the blues in this way.
Trials and Triumphs of Faith
6
Men don't have the blues like that unless there's a woman in the case.
Nedra
7
So come to me when you have the blues.
Nature's Serial Story
8
If you have the blues, go and see the poorest and sickest families within your knowledge.
Architects of Fate; Or, Steps to Success and Power
9
Governor, do you ever have the blues?
Around the Tea-Table
10
He must have the blues dreadfully.
A Kentucky Cardinal: A Story
11
You will certainly have the blues when you first arrive, but the longer you stay abroad the more severe will be the disease.
Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals / In Two Volumes, V...
12
I am never intense except when I have the blues, and intensity, with my peculiar mental anatomy, is a thing to be avoided.
What Dreams May Come
13
We should have the blues dreadfully, and think there was no society here, and wonder why we had to live in such a town.
Deephaven and Selected Stories & Sketches
14
I can assure you that I very often have the blues, and I don't consider mine by any means the happiest sort of life.
A Prince of Sinners
15
Not that we needed a thing, but it is our rule, "When you have the blues, go shopping." It always cures you to spend money.
As Seen By Me
16
Don't wonder if she has the blues occasionally; you have them yourself.
The Complete Home
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