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suck a lemon

To be in a sour or negative mood.

Etymology:

  • From the grimace one sometimes gets from tasting the tartness of a lemon's citric acid.
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I knew he must've woke up sucking a lemon when he didn't even say hello.

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Submitted on July 07, 2010

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сосать лимон

suga en citron

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