face as long as a fiddle

Example Sentences

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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.

All looked at her; even Johnny Whitelamb looked, with a face as long as a fiddle.

From Hetty Wesley by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

The day before the purchase of the license Green came to Lady Constantine with a letter in her hand from her husband Anthony, her face as long as a fiddle.

From Two on a Tower by Hardy, Thomas

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.

She has a face as long as a fiddle.

From The Top of the World by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)