down in the dumps

down in the dumps
*down in the dumps
Fig. sad or depressed. (*Typically: be \down in the dumps; get \down in the dumps.) •

I've been down in the dumps for the past few days.

Try to cheer Jane up. She's down in the dumps for some reason.

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or[down in the mouth] {adj. phr.}, {informal} Sad or discouraged; gloomy; dejected. * /The boys were certainly down in the dumps when they heard that their team had lost./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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