be down in the mouth
Example Sentences
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But don't you be down in the mouth about this scrape.
From Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' by Stephens, C. A. (Charles Asbury)
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
But a man, when he undertakes to advise another, should not be down in the mouth himself.
From The Landleaguers by Trollope, Anthony
Whatever should he be down in the mouth about?” said Horace.
From Reginald Cruden A Tale of City Life by Reed, Talbot Baines
No, it’s no use to be down in the mouth.
From !Tention A Story of Boy-Life during the Peninsular War by Sheldon, Charles Mills
