suck a lemon

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To be in a sour or negative mood. UK,idiomatic
    — I knew he must've woke up sucking a lemon when he didn't even say hello.

词形变化

sucks a lemon present,singular,third-person sucking a lemon participle,present sucked a lemon participle,past sucked a lemon past suck lemons alternative

词源

From the grimace one sometimes gets from tasting the tartness of a lemon's citric acid.
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