be down in the mouth

Example Sentences

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Whatever should he be down in the mouth about?” said Horace.

From Reginald Cruden A Tale of City Life by Reed, Talbot Baines

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

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)

I don't see that there's much to be down in the mouth about.'

From Peterkin by Millar, H. R. (Harold Robert)