in the mouth

Idioms  

1. see down in the dumps (mouth); look a gift horse in the mouth.

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Example Sentences

Foot-and-mouth causes fever and blisters near the hoof and in the mouth that prevent animals from feeding, as seen in the emaciated survivors.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

Customers won’t look a gift horse in the mouth, but it smacks of the expensive land grab that worries some U.S. tech investors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

Dallas looks to be poised to climb off the canvas after getting punched in the mouth by a tough Denver defense.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025

Researchers believe that chronic inflammation in the mouth could potentially influence blood vessel health in the brain, although more work is needed to confirm how the two are connected.

From Science Daily • Oct. 29, 2025

Only with animals did he relax his exaggerated modesty; he rolled on the ground with them, ran his hands over them, fed them directly in the mouth, and slept curled up with the dogs.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende