cry the blues

Verb

Meaning

(music) To sing in the style of blues music.

(idiomatic, by extension) To complain, especially in order to obtain sympathy for one's own purportedly sad situation.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

ululate jowl

Examples

Blues is a natural fact, is something that a fellow lives. If you don't live it you don't have it. Young people have forgotten to cry the blues. Now they talk and get lawyers and things. Big Bill Broonzy

Close letter words and terms

cry someone up cry something up cry stinking fish cry uncle cry up cry victory