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the Monday blues

low mood on Monday

The Monday blues are feelings of tiredness or unhappiness at the start of the working week.

B2 common mostly spoken

expression

Hear it in real life

You look exhausted today.

I've got the Monday blues already.

Play the conversation

A long walk before work helps me get rid of the Monday blues.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: I have Monday blue.

Say: I have the Monday blues.

Use the plural noun 'blues' with 'the' in this fixed phrase.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

have the Monday blues; beat the Monday blues

Your turn: say it out loud

A long walk before work helps me get rid of the Monday blues.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

the Monday blues

low mood on Monday

“A long walk before work helps me get rid of the Monday blues.”

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