wear the willow

wear the willow

To grieve. The willow tree is traditionally associated with sadness. My grandmother has been wearing the willow ever since my grandfather died. I wore the willow after my true love married another man.
See also: wear, willow
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • wear the green willow
  • willow
  • grieve over
  • grieve
  • grieve for
  • grieve for (someone or something)
  • eat one's heart out, to
  • come home by Weeping Cross
  • weeping
  • languish over