English · Idiom Candidate

down in the mouth

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Unhappy.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

buồn

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Where it’s used: Used Widespread English

Examples

He's down in the mouth worse'n ever today.

That erm, made me laugh because he said to his secretary erm you know, I I honestly don't think your time is she is so down in the mouth.

British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Figurative class: Euphemism (PIE-English corpus, CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-31).

Topics: Mouth & tongue

Common questions

What does “down in the mouth” mean?

Unhappy.

Is “down in the mouth” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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