A concise dictionary of English slang (2nd edition) . Brian Phythian. 2015.
straight face — noun a serious facial expression giving no evidence of interest or amusement (Freq. 2) • Hypernyms: ↑facial expression, ↑facial gesture * * * noun : a face giving no evidence of emotion and especially of merriment • straight faced ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷… … Useful english dictionary
straight face — {n.} A face that is not laughing or smiling. * /Mary told all the funny stories she knew to try to make Joan laugh, but Joan kept a straight face./ * /It is hard to tell when Jim is teasing you. He can tell a fib with a straight face./ * /When… … Dictionary of American idioms
straight face — {n.} A face that is not laughing or smiling. * /Mary told all the funny stories she knew to try to make Joan laugh, but Joan kept a straight face./ * /It is hard to tell when Jim is teasing you. He can tell a fib with a straight face./ * /When… … Dictionary of American idioms
straight face — if someone has a straight face, they look serious even though they are saying something funny or are in a funny situation with a straight face: He could never tell a joke with a straight face. keep a straight face: She couldn t trust herself to… … English dictionary
straight\ face — noun A face that is not laughing or smiling. Mary told all the funny stories she knew to try to make Joan laugh, but Joan kept a straight face. It is hard to tell when Jim is teasing you. He can tell a fib with a straight face. When Bob fell into … Словарь американских идиом
with a straight face — keep a straight face to look serious and not laugh, although you are in a funny situation or are saying something funny or stupid. I don t know how you can stand there and repeat all that nonsense with a straight face … New idioms dictionary
straight face — noun Date: 1853 a face giving no evidence of emotion and especially of merriment < lied with a straight face > • straight faced adjective • straight facedly adverb … New Collegiate Dictionary
straight face — noun A face that is expressionless, especially not laughing. I dont think I could recite 10 times fast with a straight face … Wiktionary
A straight face — Straight Straight, a. [Compar. {Straighter}; superl. {Straightest}.] [OE. strei?t, properly p. p. of strecchen to stretch, AS. streht, p. p. of streccan to stretch, to extend. See {Stretch}.] 1. Right, in a mathematical sense; passing from one… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Straight Edge — [stɻeɪt ɛdʒ] (engl. etwa ‚nüchterner Vorteil‘, wörtlich: ‚gerade Kante‘; auch: straightedge, seltener str8 edge, abgekürzt SE, SxE oder sXe) bezeichnet eine Gegen bzw. Jugendkultur aus dem Bereich des Hardcore Punk. Ihre Anhänger werden als… … Deutsch Wikipedia
