Question

Choose the exact meaning of the idiom/phrase:
To look blue
a) To be annoyed
b) To look sad
c) To feel happy
d) To look sick

Answer 1

Hint: An idiom is a group of word that is used to represent a meaning of situation or moral for an action. The idiom ‘To look blue’ means to have a worried or unhappy look on the face in event of a dilemma or miss happening.

Complete answer:
Option a- To be annoyed
This tells us about the action of being offended by someone or because of some action done.
Option b- To look sad
This tells us that a person has a disheartened expression on his/her face due to some activity / news / circumstances.
Option c- To feel happy
This tells us about a person who will be experiencing a sensation of joy and pleasure due to some activity / news / circumstances.
Option d- To look sick
To look sick is a show of pain and discomfort upon the face when a person is going through physical illness or is emotionally upset.

The exact meaning for the idiom ‘To look blue’ is option b, ‘to look sad’.

This can be stated that any event of displeasure or disrupting news would bring a blue look on a person’s face.
Example – Hearing the news of her father’s illness she looked blue.

Note: The Idioms/Phrase ‘To look blue’ is to be used in any event where a person displays a feeling of grief or regret or sadness on occurrence of any event, on receiving of any sad news, or witnessing any saddening activity.