face as long as a fiddle

Example Sentences

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You’re looking sort of white about the gills, and pulling a face as long as a fiddle, instead of hooraying like mad.

From The Red Derelict by Mitford, Bertram

No need for you to sit about with a face as long as a fiddle because you can't succeed all at once.

From Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo by Grefé, Will

He had a face as long as a fiddle, and several other officers were looking just as glum.

From How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. by Malins, Geoffrey H.

But the more I thought it over the more desolated I became in spirit, so that by the time I meandered back to the shack I had a face as long as a fiddle.

From The Prairie Mother by Becher, Arthur E.

You sit there with a face as long as a fiddle, wondering whether you are in love with a girl or not!

From The Hillman by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)