long face

English

Noun

long face (plural long faces)

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 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.)

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