be down in the mouth
Example Sentences
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Keep your pecker up, old feller!" said Mr. Bouncer, in an encouraging tone, as they drove into Oxford, "and don't be down in the mouth about a dirty trick like this.
From Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green by Bede, Cuthbert
He’d be down in the mouth if he were!—the fool!
From The Willoughby Captains by Reed, Talbot Baines
Whatever should he be down in the mouth about?” said Horace.
From Reginald Cruden A Tale of City Life by Reed, Talbot Baines
"Why, yes," says he, and now it was his turn to be down in the mouth.
From Phemie Frost's Experiences by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)
I don't see that there's much to be down in the mouth about.'
From Peterkin by Millar, H. R. (Harold Robert)
