Brewer's: Look Blue

(To). 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.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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