down in the mouth

Related to down in the mouth: Down in the Dumps

down in the mouth

Visibly sad or depressed. Molly's been moping around all week, and I have no idea why she's so down in the mouth. Rob has been down in the mouth ever since Gloria broke up with him.

See also: down, mouth

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

down in the mouth

BRITISH, INFORMAL

If you are down in the mouth, you feel unhappy. George seemed a bit down in the mouth yesterday. The bad news left her feeling really down in the mouth.

See also: down, mouth

Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

down in the mouth

(of a person or their expression) unhappy or dejected. informal

See also: down, mouth

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

down in the ˈmouth

(informal) unhappy and depressed: Why is she looking so down in the mouth?

See also: down, mouth

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

down in the mouth

Sad, unhappy. The term refers to a mournful facial expression, with the corners of the mouth drawn down. Known by the mid-seventeenth century, it appears in print in Bishop Joseph Hall’s Cases of Conscience (1649): “The Roman Orator was down in the mouth, finding himselfs thus cheated by the moneychanger.” Occasionally it appeared with at instead of in (“He’ll never more be down-at-mouth,” Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Dante and His Circle, 1850), a usage that is now obsolete. See also down in the dumps.

See also: down, mouth

The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer

See also:

be down in the mouth
be down in the dumps
come a gutser
be down to (one)
be down to somebody/something
be down to something
be down to (do something)
bounce up and down
close down
close down and shut down

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释义	down in the mouth Related to down in the mouth: Down in the Dumps down in the mouth Visibly sad or depressed. Molly's been moping around all week, and I have no idea why she's so down in the mouth. Rob has been down in the mouth ever since Gloria broke up with him. See also: down, mouth Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. down in the mouth BRITISH, INFORMAL If you are down in the mouth, you feel unhappy. George seemed a bit down in the mouth yesterday. The bad news left her feeling really down in the mouth. See also: down, mouth Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. down in the mouth (of a person or their expression) unhappy or dejected. informal See also: down, mouth Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary down in the ˈmouth (informal) unhappy and depressed: Why is she looking so down in the mouth? See also: down, mouth Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary down in the mouth Sad, unhappy. The term refers to a mournful facial expression, with the corners of the mouth drawn down. Known by the mid-seventeenth century, it appears in print in Bishop Joseph Hall’s Cases of Conscience (1649): “The Roman Orator was down in the mouth, finding himselfs thus cheated by the moneychanger.” Occasionally it appeared with at instead of in (“He’ll never more be down-at-mouth,” Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Dante and His Circle, 1850), a usage that is now obsolete. See also down in the dumps. See also: down, mouth The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: be down in the mouth be down in the dumps come a gutser be down to (one) be down to somebody/something be down to something be down to (do something) bounce up and down close down close down and shut down
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