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Long Face Unhappy Heard Bad News Spectators Home

Idiom to have a long face
Definition to look unhappy
Examples - Why the long face? Have you heard some bad news?
- The spectators went home with long faces. They had not expected their team to lose.
- Kandy had grinned during the wedding ceremony, but now she had a long face, and she looked like she was million miles away.
- He had a long face on all the way to the Reeves mansion. ‘Aww don’t worry you’ll find a girl to marry!’ she joked.

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