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词组 be down in the dumps
释义
Idiom
be down in the dumps
informal to be unhappy.
Things hadn't been going so well for her at work and she was feeling a bit down in the dumps.
idiombe down in the dumps1 fed up to feel very sad and have no interest in life:Thomas rang me on Christmas Day, pretty down in the dumps, and I felt awful that I couldn't be there with him.You sound like you're down in the dumps. Are you OK?2 fail if a business or the economy is down in the dumps, it is not working successfully:The market is down in the dumps at the moment; you'd be crazy to sell your shares today.At first we thought everyone else was doing well while we were down in the dumps, but, from talking to other businessmen, we realized that everyone was in the same position.

be down in the dumps

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

down in the dumps, to be

To be sad or dispirited. The “dumps” referred to are not the modern rubbish heap but a heavy, oppressive mental haze or dullness (from the Dutch words domp and German dumpf). The expression was used several times by Shakespeare (Titus Andronicus 1.1; The Taming of the Shrew 2.1; Much Ado about Nothing 2.3) and was well known as “in the dumps” until the eighteenth century. See also down in the mouth.
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