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

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

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

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)

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

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