cry the blues | Idiomator

Meaning: (music)Tosingin the style ofbluesmusic.1958September 1, “Best of the Blues”, inTime:"Young people have forgotten how tocry the blues," said Big Bill Broonzy as he lay dying in a dark room above the littered streets of Chicago's Negro South Side.; (idiomatic,by extension)Tocomplain, especially in order to obtainsympathyfor one's ownpurportedlysadsituation.1934October 3, “Slang Declared Barometer Of Nation's State Of Mind”, inPittsburgh Post-Gazette, retrieved 20 Nov. 2008, page15:"The average citizen gets an extreme emotional delight in ‘crying the blues’ to anyone who might lend an attentive ear."2006July 9,Ben Stein, “Everybody's Business”, inNew York Times, retrieved 20 Nov. 2008:We have immense corporations thatcry the bluesall day long about how their pension costs are ruining them.

Examples:

EN: Oh, can you cry the blues.
ES: - Oh, ¿no puedes dejar de lloriquear?

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