KEEP A STRAIGHT FACE

Meaning of KEEP A STRAIGHT FACE in English

not smile or laugh, have a poker face

When you said I was your uncle, I couldn't keep a straight face.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

KEEP A STRAIGHT FACE — not expose emotions, not reveal one's feelings through facial expressions
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
KEEP A STRAIGHT FACE — see face
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KEEP A STRAIGHT FACE — see face
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
KEEP A STRAIGHT FACE — See: STRAIGHT FACE, DEADPAN.
Slang English vocab
KEEP A STRAIGHT FACE — See ↑ LAUGH 6, ↑ SERIOUS 8
Longman Activator English vocab
KEEP A STRAIGHT FACE — See: STRAIGHT FACE, DEADPAN.
Словарь английских идиом
KEEP A STRAIGHT FACE — not smile or laugh, have a a poker face When you said I was your uncle, I couldn't keep a …
English Idioms vocab
KEEP A STRAIGHT FACE — сохранять невозмутимый вид
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
KEEP A STRAIGHT FACE — сохранять невозмутимый вид
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
KEEP A STRAIGHT FACE — сохранять невозмутимый вид
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
KEEP A STRAIGHT FACE — стараться не рассмеяться, сохранять невозмутимый вид
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
KEEP A STRAIGHT FACE — стараться не рассмеяться, сохранять невозмутимый вид
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
KEEP A STRAIGHT FACE — сохранять невозмутимый вид
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
KEEP A STRAIGHT FACE — сохранять невозмутимый вид
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
KEEP A STRAIGHT FACE — сохранять невозмутимый вид
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
KEEP A STRAIGHT FACE — сохранять невозмутимый вид
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
KEEP A STRAIGHT FACE — * keep one's face straight стараться не рассмеяться
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
KEEP A STRAIGHT FACE — стараться не рассмеяться
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
KEEP A STRAIGHT FACE — сохранять невозмутимый вид
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
STRAIGHT — I. ˈstrāt, usu -ād.+V adverb ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English streght, streit, from past participle of strecchen to stretch …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KEEP
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FACE — I. ˈfās noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin facia, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STRAIGHT — — straightly , adv. — straightness , n. /strayt/ , adj. straighter, straightest , adv. , n. adj. 1. without …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KEEP — — keepable , adj. — keepability , n. /keep/ , v. , kept, keeping , n. v.t. 1. to hold …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FACE — — faceable , adj. /fays/ , n. , v. , faced, facing . n. 1. the front part of the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
STRAIGHT — I. ˈstrāt adjective Etymology: Middle English streght, straight, from past participle of strecchen to stretch — more at stretch Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KEEP — I. ˈkēp verb ( kept ˈkept ; keep·ing ) Etymology: Middle English kepen, from Old English cēpan; perhaps akin to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FACE — I. ˈfās noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin * facia, from Latin facies make, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STRAIGHT — adj a variant of strait, ·adj. 2. straight ·vt to straighten. 3. straight ·superl unmixed; undiluted; as, to take liquor …
Webster English vocab
KEEP — vt to have habitually in stock for sale. 2. keep ·noun that which is kept in charge; a charge. 3. …
Webster English vocab
FACE — vi to present a face or front. 2. face ·noun the style or cut of a type or font of …
Webster English vocab
STRAIGHT — [straight] adj [ME streght, straight, fr. pp. of strecchen to stretch--more at stretch] (14c) 1 a: free from curves, bends, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
KEEP — [keep] vb kept ; keep.ing [ME kepen, fr. OE cepan; perh. akin to OHG chapfen to look] vt (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KEEP — / kiːp; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( kept , kept / kept; NAmE /) STAY 1. to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FACE — / feɪs; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun FRONT OF HEAD 1. the front part of the head between …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STRAIGHT
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
KEEP — I. keep 1 S1 W1 /kiːp/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle kept /kept/) [ Word Family: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FACE — I. face 1 S1 W1 /feɪs/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: Latin …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STRAIGHT — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1 a extending uniformly in the same direction; without a curve or bend etc. b …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
KEEP
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FACE — n. & v. --n. 1 the front of the head from the forehead to the chin. 2 the expression of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
STRAIGHT — adj., n., & adv. adj. 1 a extending uniformly in the same direction; without a curve or bend etc. b …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
KEEP
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FACE — n. & v. n. 1 the front of the head from the forehead to the chin. 2 the expression of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STRAIGHT — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1. a extending uniformly in the same direction; without a curve or bend etc. b …
Oxford English vocab
KEEP
Oxford English vocab
FACE — n. & v. --n. 1. the front of the head from the forehead to the chin. 2 the expression of …
Oxford English vocab
FACE — I. NOUN USES /feɪs/ ( faces) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Please …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STRAIGHT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KEEP — ( keeps, keeping, kept) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If someone …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STRAIGHT
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
KEEP
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FACE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
KEEP — (STAY) [verb] [past:] kept - to (cause to) stay in a particular place or conditionI wish you'd keep quiet. [L …
Cambridge English vocab
STRAIGHT
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
KEEP
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
STRAIGHT — INDEX: 1. straight lines or objects 2. travelling or moving in a straight line 3. sitting or standing straight 4. …
Longman Activator English vocab
STRAIGHT
Longman Activator English vocab
KEEP — INDEX: to keep/continue to have 1. to keep something and not sell it or give or throw it away 2. …
Longman Activator English vocab
STRAIGHT — n. 25B6; adjective a long, straight road : UNSWERVING, undeviating, linear, as straight as an arrow, uncurving, unbending. that picture …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
KEEP
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
STRAIGHT
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
KEEP — v. 1 retain, hold, hang on to, preserve, conserve, have, save, maintain, control The difficulty is not in making money …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab

English Idioms vocabulary

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