Blue in the face
Feel blue
Blue collar
Once in a blue moon
The boys in blue
Used to describe the police, because of the colour of their uniforms.
When someone looks or feels depressed or discontented.
To try really hard to win an agreement, but usually end unsuccessfully
To occur extremely rarely, or only once in a lifetime
Used to describe men used as labourers, or factory workers
An idiom is a phrase that, when taken as a whole, has a meaning you wouldn't be able to work out from the meanings of the individual words.
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