sing the blues

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sing the blues

to complain Computer programmers are singing the blues because business is bad and no one is hiring.

Etymology: based on the type of music called the blues (a musical form in which songs often are about difficulties or bad luck)

See also: blues, sing

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Encouraged by her husband, Taylor soon began to sing and got her big break in 1963 when composer Willie Dixon came up to her after a particularly fiery performance and told her "I never heard a woman sing the blues like you sing the blues. Blues legend Koko Taylor dies by AFP / AFP American Edition Encouraged by her husband, Taylor soon began to sing and got her big break in 1963 when composer Willie Dixon came up to her after a particularly fiery performance and told her "I never heard a woman sing the blues like you sing the blues. Blues legend Koko Taylor dies by AFP / AFP Global Edition JAZZ singer Val Wiseman has returned to the home town where she learned to sing the blues. Val's delight at going Public by Birmingham Mail (England)			silent silent as the dead silk silly silly as a goose silt up silver silver-tongued simmer down simple sin sin against since since time immemorial since when Since when? sing sing a different tune sing along sing before breakfast, you'll cry before night sing for supper sing of sing or praises sing out sing praises sing the blues sing the same tune sing to sing to sleep sing together singe single single file single out sink sink back sink below sink down sink in sink into despair sink into oblivion sink like a stone sink or swim sink teeth into sink to sink to such depths sink under sink without trace sinker sinking feeling siphon off			sing from the same hymnsheet sing from the same song sheet sing from the same songsheet sing heart out sing in the new year Sing in the Shower Sing It Loud sing of sing of sing or praises sing out sing out sing out sing out the old year Sing Out! Sing Out! sing praises sing scales sing scales sing scales sing scales sing scales Sing Sing Sing Sing Sing Sing (prison) Sing Sing (prison) Sing Sing Correctional Facility Sing Sing Correctional Facility Sing Sing Prison Sing Sing Prison sing the blues Sing the Body Electric Sing the Evens, Play the Odds sing the praises of sing the praises of sing the praises of someone or something sing the same tune Sing the Sorrow sing to sing to sleep sing to sleep Sing To The World sing together sing up Sing When We're Fishing Sing When You're Winning Sing Yin Secondary School Sing, Spell, Read and Write Sing-a-long sing-along sing-kwa Sing-sing Sing-Sing Prison Sing-Sing Prison Sing-Sing Prison Cemetery Sing-Sing Prison Cemetery sing-song sing-songed sing-songing

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