美 [daʊn ɪn ðə dʌmps]
情绪低落：感到非常悲伤。
... behind someone's back 在某人背后；背着某人 down in the dumps 心情跌入谷底 beside the point 离题的；不是重点 ...
... pig out 狼吞虎咽地大吃 down in the dumps 垂头丧气;情绪低落 horse around 嬉闹;哄闹 ...
... down in the dumps 愁眉苦脸 down in the mouth 愁眉苦脸 down on one's luck 倒楣 ...
... Nothing to write home about. 没什么值得说的；不值得推举 down in the dumps 心境跌入谷底 That's life. 这就是人生 ...
垂头丧气；情绪低落
He was down in the dumps after losing his job.
他失业后，精神非常颓丧。
What's up? You sound a little down in the dumps?
怎么啦？你的声音听起来有点沮丧。
Feelingtired, irritable, or down in the dumps this time of year?
在每年的这个时节感到疲倦、易怒又或者忧伤？
They are depressed. Word expert Charles Funk says people have been feeling down in the dumps for more than four-hundred years.
VOA : special.2011.08.07
" People may feel more like they are losing it when they are "down in the dumps."
VOA : special.2009.10.25
People who are down in the dumps are sad.
VOA : special.2009.10.25
It can be a very short week in rugby so, while it is a disappointment now, one week you can be down in the dumps and the next week you are starting and getting man of the match.
Previous research has demonstrated a link between sadness and an increased willingness to spend, but Jennifer Lerner and her colleagues at Harvard extend the investigating to evaluate the quality of the financial decisions we make when down in the dumps.
FORBES: Harvard Researchers Prove Feeling Sad Makes Us Stupid With Money
Mike dumps his laptop, his guns, his life of crime, down a well in the desert.