ふさぎの虫むし

expression, noun

the blues; a fit of depression

Idiomatic expression referring to a gloomy mood, based on the folk belief that a 'bug' inside the body causes depression. Often used in phrases like ふさぎの虫が騒ぐ or ふさぎの虫がつく.

See also: 虫

• 最さい近きんふさぎの虫むしが騒さわいで、何なにもやる気きが起おきない。

  Lately I've been feeling the blues and can't get motivated to do anything.

• 彼かの女じょはふさぎの虫むしに取とり憑つかれたように沈しずんでいる。

  She's sunk in gloom as if possessed by a depression bug.