Caroline Tran
2020-12-08 11:12
Down in the dumps phrase informal
I'm a bit down in the dumps because I failed the driving test.
When you're feeling down in the dumps, try listening to your favorite song, I'm sure it will help!
You look a bit down in the dumps.
To feel devastated because of a minor problem or accident
This phrase is used to describe someone's facial expression of disapproval or disgust toward someone else.
Sad or upset
If someone has a face like a wet weekend, they look miserable.
1. Since an intimate relationship of yours recently ended, you are sad and perplexed:
2. In the act of bouncing back after colliding with something
3 Getting better
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Since the early 1500s, the word "dumps" had the meaning "a state of depression". "Down in the dumps" was first recorded in Francis Grose's priceless vocabulary The Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 1785.
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