青あお菜なに塩しお

expression

feeling sad or downhearted; down in the dumps

Idiomatic expression likening a person's drooping spirits to fresh greens wilting when salt is sprinkled on them. Used to describe someone who is visibly dejected or crestfallen.

• 彼かれは試し験けんに落おちて、青あお菜なに塩しおのようだった。

  He failed the exam and looked completely dejected.

• 彼かの女じょは失しつ恋れんして青あお菜なに塩しおの状じょう態たいだ。

  She's heartbroken and down in the dumps.