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^[1] (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 joeng^6-2)

  Mandarin: 闷闷不乐 (zh) (mènmènbùlè), 不悦 (zh) (bùyuè)

• Finnish: synkkä ilme
• French: faire la tête (fr), tête d’enterrement (fr) f
• German: langes Gesicht n
• Hungarian: bánatos/savanyú arc/kép, lógatja az orrát
• Icelandic: fýlusvipur m
• Spanish: cara larga f (coll.)