Down in the dumps

Learning English Conversations

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Language Learning, Education

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2017

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Feeling unhappy? Here's a phrase to describe your mood but don't take it too literally!

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0:00.0	This is a download from BBC Learning English.
0:03.0	To find out more, visit our website.
0:06.0	The English we speak.
0:09.0	From BBC Learning English.
0:12.0	Hello, I'm Neil, But where is Fay Faye?
0:15.0	Sorry, I'm late. Is it time before the English we speak?
0:19.0	It is, Faye Faye, but catch your breath and have a seat. Are you okay? You look a bit of a mess.
0:26.2	Me? A mess? You would be a mess if you had been where I have been.
0:31.5	Okay, okay, calm down.
0:34.0	Hmm.
0:36.0	What's that smell?
0:37.3	So you think I smell now?
0:40.1	I've been to the rubbish dump.
0:41.8	The rubbish dump. Why did you go there?
0:44.4	Because I was looking for Rob earlier and someone said he was down in the dumps.
0:49.8	Faye Faye Faye that's the last place you will find someone who's down in the dumps.
0:54.0	It's just a saying that describes someone who's unhappy, fed up, and sometimes feels there's no hope.
1:00.0	Oh, I get it.
1:02.0	Being depressed or unhappy is a miserable feeling.
1:05.2	A bit like being at a rubbish dump actually.
1:07.8	Exactly. Let's hear some examples.
1:10.6	Don't be so down in the dumps you're... examples.
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