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)

And he reflected further that the more a fellow be "down in the mouth," the more good the amusement would do him.

From The Last Chronicle of Barset by Trollope, Anthony

Don’t let us be down in the mouth till we’re sure there is a danger.

From The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora by Reid, Mayne

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

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