long face

English

Noun

long face (plural long faces)

1. An expression of sadness and disappointment or gloom.

   Why the long face? Is something wrong?

   • 1978 November 17, 14:01 from the start, in The Star Wars Holiday Special‎ (Science Fiction), spoken by Mark Hamill, →OCLC:

     Come on, don't look so worried! Now, Chewy is not gonna want to come to a house of long faces, is he? Come on Malla, let's see a little smile. There that's better.

Related terms

• long-faced

Translations

expression of sadness and disappointment or gloom

Catalan: cara llarga f, cara estirada f Chinese: Cantonese: 年初四噉嘅樣 / 年初四噉嘅样 (nin4 co1 sei3 gam2 ge3 joeng6-2) Mandarin: 闷闷不乐 (zh) (mènmènbùlè), 不悦 (zh) (bùyuè) Finnish: synkkä ilme French: tête d'enterrement (fr) f, tronche d'enterrement f, gueule d'enterrement f German: langes Gesicht n Hungarian: bánatos/savanyú arc/kép, lógatja az orrát Icelandic: fýlusvipur m Polish: smutna mina f Spanish: cara larga f