suck a lemon
verbEtymology
From the grimace one sometimes gets from tasting the tartness of a lemon's citric acid.
Definitions
To be in a sour or negative mood.
- I knew he must've woke up sucking a lemon when he didn't even say hello.
- Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon / Everything, Everything, Everything / In its right place
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