A Francophone who’s feeling low might say so with J’ai le moral dans les chaussettes. The idiom avoir le moral dans les chaussettes means “to have morale in your socks.” This is part of a complete episode.
gate fever n.—Gloss: in the U.K., a prisoner’s growing preoccupation with leaving jail as a scheduled release date approaches. «I received over 700 letters of support while in Pentonville which massively boosted my morale each day...
meat tag n.— «Morale is low. I confirm that from hearing quite bitter references to taking “meat tags” on flights and hoping parachutes will open.» —by Hubert Ferdinand Opperman Pedals, Politics, and People ...