be down in the mouth

【講解】

Be down on in the mouth字面意思為“耷拉著嘴”，形容人“心情沮喪”，“情緒低落”或“垂頭喪氣”的樣子，與漢語“耷拉個臉”相似。

【對話】

A:It’sgreat to meet you, Susie. I’ve been longing to meet a sociology student on thecampus. I’d love to have a talk with you and pick your brains.

A:蘇西，遇到你真是太好了。我一直希望在校園里遇到一個社會學系的學生。我很想和你談談并且向你請教。

B:It'smy pleasure to meet a psychology student，actually. There aremany things I seem to be unable to understand. For instance, why should we sometimesbe down in the mouth while at other times we are in the seventh heaven?

B:事實上遇到一個心理學系的學生也是我的運氣。我有很多事情難以理解。比如，為什么我們有時垂頭喪氣，而有時卻十分高興？

A:That’sa good question. This usually has something to do with self-satisfaction. Ifyou’re not satisfied with something, you are down in the mouth and in lowspirits. And if you are satisfied with something , you may become excited or bebeside yourself.

A:問得好。這通常和自我滿足有關。如果你對某事并不滿意，你就會垂頭喪氣，情緒低落。而如果你對某事感到滿意，你就會情緒高漲，不能自已。

B:Butthat depends on how you look at things, doesn’t it? So it’s personal ratherthan social.

B:這就看你凡事怎樣想了，對嗎？所以這個問題是個體的，而不是社會的。