in the dumps
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Job openings in the U.S. rose sharply in the fall and layoffs remained low as businesses geared up for the holiday season, but the number of people actually being hired was still down in the dumps.
From MarketWatch
Job openings in the U.S. rose sharply in the fall and layoffs remained low as businesses geared up for the holiday season, but the number of people actually being hired was still down in the dumps.
From MarketWatch
“I was feeling so in the dumps that I’d be choking on a line that I didn’t even want to say because if I say it, I’ll start crying,” he recalls.
From Los Angeles Times
Before this, their stocks were in the dumps because of a slowdown in oil drilling.
From Barron's
Sometimes a stock that is in the dumps deserves to be, and betting on it is the functional equivalent of catching a falling knife.
From MarketWatch
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