a straight face

a straight face

An emotionless facial expression, especially in a humorous situation that could easily cause one to laugh. It's so hard to keep a straight face on camera when you have hilarious co-stars like I do. I thought he was kidding when he told me his ridiculous plan, but he had a straight face the whole time. A: "So what exactly did you say about politics that got my aunts all riled up?" B: "I just made a few jokes, but I guess I told them with too much of a straight face. Oops."

See also: face, straight

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*straight face

Fig. a face free from smiles or laughter. (*Typically: have ~; keep ~.) It's hard to keep a straight face when someone tells a funny joke.

See also: face, straight

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

(keep) a straight ˈface

manage not to laugh: When she told me about her accident with the pig, I couldn’t keep a straight face.

See also: face, straight

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