| 释义 |
a blue funk a blue funk1. A melancholy, depressed, or dejected state. Jill has been in a blue funk ever since her wife moved out. 2. An extremely anxious, nervous, or fearful state. I was in a blue funk waiting to hear the outcome of the surgery. See also: blue, funk Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. blue funk (ˈblu ˈfəŋk) n. a state of depression. You’ve got to get out of your blue funk and get back to work. See also: blue, funk McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See also:- blue funk
- funk
- blue funk, in a
- blue funk, to be in a
- that way lies madness
- that way madness lies
- have a heavy heart
- (Is) life getting you down?
- (Are) things getting you down?
- things getting you down?
References in classic literature They were in a blue funk, and the sight of the naked white warrior stepping silently out of the jungle through which they had just passed had been sufficient shock to let loose in action all the pent nerve energy of Malbihn, who had been the first to see the strange apparition. Son Of Tarzan Juag had been terror-stricken when he had learned that I intended crossing the ocean, and when we passed out of sight of land be was in a blue funk. He said that he had never heard of such a thing before in his life, and that always he had understood that those who ventured far from land never returned; for how could they find their way when they could see no land to steer for? Pellucidar If I was going to be flogged next minute, I should be in a blue funk, but I couldn't help laughing at it for the life of me." Tom Browns Schooldays |