出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第82页（197字）
形容因失败或不顺利而情绪低落，萎靡不振的样子，例他这次考大学又名落孙山，因此近来垂头丧气，对自己的前途十分悲观。
Having failed to enter college，he is in very low spirits and looks gloomily at his future．