be down in the mouth
Example Sentences
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"Well, don't be down in the mouth about it, my boy!" said Beau sympathetically.
From Thelma by Marie Corelli
He’d be down in the mouth if he were!—the fool!
From The Willoughby Captains by Talbot Baines Reed
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
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
No, it’s no use to be down in the mouth.
From !Tention A Story of Boy-Life during the Peninsular War by Charles Mills Sheldon
