avoir le cafard
🇧🇪 French slang from Belgium
What does “avoir le cafard” mean?
to feel down, to have the blues
Example
“Avec cette drache, j’ai le cafard.”
With this downpour, I feel down.
Good to know
Literally "to have the cockroach".
Who you can say it to
Fine with anyone
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The textbook way to say it: être triste
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