be down in the mouth
Example Sentences
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He’d be down in the mouth if he were!—the fool!
From The Willoughby Captains by Reed, Talbot Baines
But a man, when he undertakes to advise another, should not be down in the mouth himself.
From The Landleaguers by Trollope, Anthony
Why, there's nothing to be down in the mouth about, Mater.
From In Brief Authority by Anstey, F.
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)
"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)
