long face

long face (plural long faces)

1. An expression of sadness and disappointment or gloom.

   Why the long face? Is something wrong?

   • 1978 November 17, 14:01 from the start, in The Star Wars Holiday Special‎^[1] (Science Fiction), spoken by Mark Hamill, →OCLC:

     Come on, don't look so worried! Now, Chewy is not gonna want to come to a house of long faces, is he? Come on Malla, let's see a little smile. There that's better.

• long-faced