cry the blues

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von cry the blues im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

To sing in the style of blues music

Young people have forgotten how to cry the blues, said Big Bill Broonzy as he lay dying in a dark room above the littered streets of Chicago's Negro South Side.

To complain, especially in order to obtain sympathy for one's own purportedly sad situation

We have immense corporations that cry the blues all day long about how their pension costs are ruining them.

Türkische aussprache

kray dhi bluz

Aussprache

/ˈkrī ᴛʜē ˈblo͞oz/ /ˈkraɪ ðiː ˈbluːz/