put out of countenance

If he was detected he was never put out of countenance, but evaded the matter with a jest, which he had always at hand.

The same evening, over their flip, they were entertaining the tap-room with their best songs, when some Harwich lobster-men came in and sung several sea-songs so agreeably that the Londoners were "quite put out of countenance."

I was almost put out of countenance, for I thought I detected in her voice an insult to my honour.

I observed amongst the guests an officer wearing the Spanish uniform, but I was not put out of countenance.

He stood forward, a smile on his broad face, his chest thrown forward, a something easy in his air, as became one who had confronted thousands and was not to be put out of countenance by a few hisses.