avoir le cafard

Paris & France idiom

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Maturity / Intensity: 🔥

Meaning & Definition

To feel blue / depressed (literally 'to have the cockroach').

Example Usage

« J'ai le cafard aujourd'hui. »

I feel blue today.

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