2006-09-10 03:55:13 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
I think it means "to be depressed".
2006-09-10 03:57:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Down In The Doldrums
2016-12-16 10:46:32 · answer #2 · answered by deibert 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Doldrums is an old nautical term for an area of the ocean with no wind. The sailors would set for long periods of time unable to move or do much of anything. This meaning was transferred to a psychological condition meaning depression. The person is unable to up or down on the emotional scale. They are in the Doldrums.
2006-09-10 04:00:01 · answer #3 · answered by R_SHARP 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Referring to a human being, its a colloquialism for being depressed. Its a very old expression; have not heard it for years. I think "doldrums" means calm winds on the ocean. If the winds are calm, there is no wind for the sails. My grandmother is the last person I heard use this expression and she was born in 1870.
2006-09-10 04:03:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the doldrums are a area with no wind that sailing ships got stuck in and had no way to move, so it means having no direction or ambition in a person
2006-09-10 04:02:37 · answer #5 · answered by head_banger_yyc 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Geographically speaking, it is the equatorial ocean region of calms and light variable winds.
Literally, "In the Doldrums" means becalmed or depressed.
2006-09-10 04:28:40 · answer #6 · answered by dipak s 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
being down in the dumps, not doldrums... but it would mean the same thing... you are bummed out and/or depressed and feeling sad and sorry for yourself with or without a justifiable reason.
2006-09-10 03:57:15 · answer #7 · answered by Amangela 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you hit rock bottom yet? you don't want to feel so down, you look up and see down. down in the doldrums, there are no words to say how that feels. you wake up to see another day, you just appreciate, because, down in the doldrums is knocking your head over and over and over, it's guilt, it's coulda', shoulda'.
you feel worse than the flu, death knocking, don't answer, hide, hide, don't do like me and hide for so long, no one knows who you are anymore...
2006-09-10 04:04:31 · answer #8 · answered by lee f 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depressed; dull and listless. For example, Dean's in the doldrums for most of every winter. This expression alludes to the maritime doldrums, a belt of calms and light winds north of the equator in which sailing ships were often becalmed. [Early 1800s] Also see down in the dumps.
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2006-09-10 03:59:43 · answer #9 · answered by xavier h 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-04-03 09:38:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋