a hangdog expression
a sad face
TRANSLATION
hangdog expression = Armesündermiene; schuldiger Gesichtsausdruck
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
“Actor best known as a gruff, hard-drinking detective in the TV series Dalziel and Pascoe, Warren Clarke, was a burly actor with A HANGDOG EXPRESSION who came to prominence in anti-establishment films and stage plays before becoming one of television’s best-known faces.”
The Guardian
Did you
know?
a hangdog expression
idiomatic noun phrase
- If you say that someone has a hangdog expression on their face, you mean that they look sad, and often guilty or ashamed.
Collins English Dictionary
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ANTONYMS (or ANTIDOTES) to hangdog
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SMUGGLE OWAD into a conversation, say something like:
“Hey Monika, did you notice Jim’s HANGDOG EXPRESSION in the telco today? Maybe we should check out if he’s feeling OK.”
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