"cry the blues" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 訴苦
• 哭訴自己的不幸

Definition

不停地抱怨或談論自己的問題，通常帶有自憐的語氣。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

屬於非正式甚至帶幽默色彩的表達。多指別人把小問題放大。不是指真正的哭泣，也與藍調音樂無關。

Examples

Stop crying the blues and try to find a solution.

別再**訴苦**了，試著找個解決辦法。

He likes to cry the blues about his job all the time.

他總是喜歡**抱怨**自己的工作。

It doesn't help to cry the blues when things go wrong.

事情變糟時，**訴苦**並沒有幫助。

Everyone has problems, but you don't see them crying the blues every day.

每個人都有問題，但你不會看到他們每天都在**訴苦**。

She was crying the blues over her broken phone for hours.

她為手機壞了**訴苦**了好幾個小時。

If you're just going to cry the blues, maybe you should do something about it instead.

如果你只是**訴苦**，也許你該採取些行動了。