IN THE DOLDRUMS Definition & Meaning

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in the doldrums

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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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In the mid-1980s, with Labour in the doldrums, Mandelson became the party's campaign director and began the internal fight of yanking the party back from the left under Neil Kinnock.

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Welsh rugby is in the doldrums and there is no respite as South Africa's revered rugby juggernaut rolls into Cardiff.

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Let’s remember that in the ’80s, baseball was in the doldrums.

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After years in the doldrums, are Everton now on course to fly high again and be propelled to new horizons?

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But for the Liberal Democrats this is a nice problem to have, after years in the doldrums.

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