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.
- 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