suck a lemon

verb

verb

Etymology From the grimace one sometimes gets from tasting the tartness of a lemon's citric acid.

UK, Idiomatic 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 place2000, “Everything in Its Right Place”, in Kid A, performed by Radiohead:

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