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wired | 17:52 Mon 22nd Jan 2007 | Phrases & Sayings
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Does anyone know where the expression down in the dumps comes from?
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A 'dump' has meant a fit of melancho;y or depression since the 1500s. It is, however, now used only in the plural form in this sense The idea of 'down' also means sad or blue...so 'down in the dumps' is like a double version of misery!
18:02 Mon 22nd Jan 2007
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Thanks QM,I'll avoid them now!
18:05 Mon 22nd Jan 2007

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