face like a fiddle en · NOUN
Meanings
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(colloquial, qualifier:simile) A long face; a melancholy expression.
'She's got the wiffle-woffles,' said her mother. 'She was all right when she came back […] but now she just mopes around, face like a fiddle. […]'
2006, Bowering Sivers, Jammy Dodgers Go Underground, page 347:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| faces like fiddles | Number=Plur | lexicographic |