idiom · informal
wear a long face
UK/weə(r) ə lɒŋ feɪs/US/wɛr ə lɔŋ feɪs/wear a LONG FACE
speaking
to look sad or disappointed
Examples
“You should stop wearing a long face — something good will happen.”
“He was wearing a long face after hearing the exam results.”
“She turned up wearing a long face, so I asked what was wrong.”
Band 8 sentence
“She'd been wearing a long face all morning, so I suggested we go for a walk to cheer her up.”
Collocations
- wear a long face after/when
Word family
long-faced adjective
Common mistakes
wear long face→wear a long face
have a long face→wear a long face
Say it for a higher band
5look sad→6be sad→7+wear a long face
Synonyms
look sad
Easily confused
look miserable
“He looked miserable after losing the match.”
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