be down in the mouth
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"Well, don't be down in the mouth about it, my boy!" said Beau sympathetically.
From Thelma by Marie Corelli
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 Mayne Reid
"Why, yes," says he, and now it was his turn to be down in the mouth.
From Phemie Frost's Experiences by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens
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 Anthony Trollope
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 Cuthbert Bede
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