/ · 1894 Brewer’s · L · Look Blue (To)
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To show signs of disappointment, disgust, or displeasure.
“Squire Brown looked rather blue at having to pay £2 10s. for the posting expenses from Oxford.”—Hughes: Tom Brown at Oxford.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.