10 LIVRES EN ANGLAIS EN RAPPORT AVEC «DOWN-IN-THE-MOUTH»
Découvrez l'usage de
down-in-the-mouth dans la sélection bibliographique suivante. Des livres en rapport avec
down-in-the-mouth et de courts extraits de ceux-ci pour replacer dans son contexte son utilisation littéraire.
1
Early American Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases
Oxford 364; Whiting M754. M285 To be down in the Mouth 1691 Mather Letters
28: But before the month was out, they grew down in the mouth. 1692 Bulkeley
Will 241: Some are quite down in the mouth. 1749JColden in Colden Letters
4.178.
Bartlett Jere Whiting, 1977
8. down in the mouth InformaI. depressed, di heartened, dejected, downcast,
dispirited, dauntec low-spirited, downhearted, down, Inf. down in tl dumps;
discouraged, disappointed, crestfallen, bri ken-hearted, heartsick, Inf. broken up.
— v.
Jerome Irving Rodale, 1978
3
The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
The usage therefore needs to be clarified by the context to indicate which of
these opposite meaning is intended. The figurative use of downhill dates from the
late 15005. Also see GO DOWNHILL. down in the dumps Also, down in the
mouth.
4
Comprehensive Dictionary of
the World
Down in the mouth, dejected ; mortified. 'lb have God's law in the mouth, to
converse much on it and delight in it. To draw near to God with the mouth, to
make an external appearance of devotion and worship, while there is no regard
to him in ...
5
The New and Complete American Encyclopedia: Or, Universal ...
Down in the Mouth. Dejected: clouded in the countenance. Mouth, in anatomy, a
part of the face, consisting of the lips, the gums, the insides of the cheeks, the
palate, the falival glands, the ottvyoides, the uvula, and the tonsils. Sec Anatomy.
6
The Golden Lion of Granpere: Easyread Edition
'You're a little down in the mouth, father, or you wouldn't talk of giving up smoking.
' 'I am down in the mouth, – terribly down in the mouth. Till it was all settled, I did
not know how much I should feel Marie's going. Of course it had to be, but it ...
7
The Expression of
the Emotions
in Man and Animals
The expression of low spirits, grief or dejection, due to the contraction of this
muscle has been noticed by every one who has written on this subject. To say
that a person is 'down in the mouth', is synonymous with saying that he is out of
spirits.
Charles Darwin, Paul Ekman, 1998
8
Phraseology: An Interdisciplinary Perspective
In many cases these physical reactions have become such a conventionalized
way of expressing the emotion that the reaction alone can stand for the emotion.
The relative transparency of some phrases such as down in the mouth, stamping
...
Sylviane Granger, Fanny Meunier, 2008
9
The Hip Chick's Guide to Macrobiotics
And if the food is not well broken down in the mouth, other digestive enzymes
along your gastrointestinal tract cannot work as well. The whole system gets
messed up, and you don't absorb the goodness from the food. Plus, when you
chew, ...
Linking Home Food breakdown Using Activity Sheet 4.2 (p42), students explore
how different foods break down in the mouth. The saliva experiment showed how
foods containing starch will break down into sugar. However, saliva usually has ...
9 ACTUALITÉS CONTENANT LE TERME «DOWN-IN-THE-MOUTH»
Découvrez de quoi on parle dans les médias nationaux et internationaux et comment le terme
down-in-the-mouth est employé dans le contexte des actualités suivantes.
Greek 'No' Vote Spurs Wider Resistance
... a different future than the current upstairs-downstairs arrangement with a relatively well-to-do north and a down-in-the-mouth south. «Consortium News, juil 15»
Next Week's News Today: A Greek Farce
While European consumers have been feeling a little down-in-the-mouth, the same cannot be said of US consumers. They have been feeling ... «The Motley Fool Singapore, juin 15»
More reasons to distrust the stock market
I remember wondering why someone would pay three times the current market price for this down-in-the-mouth company with plunging ... «Dallas Morning News, mai 15»
Spooks: The Greater Good review
Mind you, I'd probably look a bit down-in-the-mouth if a dangerous terrorist had somehow slipped out of my custody while being ferried through ... «Den Of Geek, avril 15»
Neocon "Chaos Promotion" in the Mideast
... even, with both Wolfowitz and Lieberman very much down-in-the-mouth, behaving as though they had just watched their favorite team lose ... «Truth-Out, avril 15»
International Day of Happiness: five free events to put you in a good …
We might be a city notorious for our down-in-the-mouth persuasions, but March 20 could be the day to change that. Get ready to flex those ... «Time Out London, mars 15»
Karl Pilkington records bizarre marriage proposal for stranger
A video of the down-in-the-mouth comedian Karl Pilkington relaying a marriage proposal for a man he's never met has gone viral online ... «Telegraph.co.uk, févr 15»
Every reporter should try to aspire to be as good as Bob Simon and …
... at a prestigious broadsheet risks it all to write a gut-wrenching memoir about his life 20 years earlier as a down-in-the-mouth coke addict. «New York Daily News, févr 15»
David Walliams and his wife Lara Stone appear down in the mouth …
... floor while Lara, 27, kept her head but still remained down in the mouth. ... his swim, so his down-in-the-mouth expression is understandable. «Daily Mail, sept 11»
