suck lemons

A form of suck a lemon — To be in a sour or negative mood.

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Meanings

verbsuck lemons (third-person singular simple present sucks lemons, present participle sucking lemons, simple past and past participle sucked lemons)

present singular third person sucks lemons · participle present sucking lemons · participle past sucked lemons · past sucked lemons

  1. alternativeAlternative form of suck a lemon.

    Aunt Charlie, Dreya, and Manny moved here a year ago when they got evicted from their duplex. My aunt doesn’t keep a job for longer than three weeks, and they never have enough money for rent, so they live with us off and on. It really sucks lemons.

    2010, Nikki Carter, chapter 1, in Not a Good Look (A Fab Life Novel), New York, N.Y.: Dafina Books, Kensington Publishing Corp., →ISBN, page 3
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “suck lemons,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suck%20lemons.

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