蛞蝓なめくじに塩しお

expression

crestfallen; dejected; like a slug sprinkled with salt

Idiomatic expression describing someone who looks utterly deflated, wilted, or discouraged, as if they have shriveled up like a slug when salt is put on it.

• 彼かれは上じょう司しに叱しかられて、蛞蝓なめくじに塩しおのようだった。

  After being scolded by his boss, he looked as crestfallen as a slug sprinkled with salt.