English Explanatory Dictionary

suck a lemon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To be in a sour or negative mood.

Pronunciation

En-au-suck a lemon.ogg

Word forms

suck a lemon sucks a lemon sucking a lemon sucked a lemon suck lemons

Etymology

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

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