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face only a mother could love

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face (that) only a mother could love and face that could Stop a clock
Fig. a very ugly face. (Usually jocular. See also homely enough to stop a clock.) The poor baby has a face only a mother could love. Look at that guy. That's a face that could stop a clock.
See also: could, face, love, mother


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At this stage, they have a face only a mother could love, but in a couple of weeks they'll fluff out in full feather.
Saltlick, regulars on the Eugene music scene for years, will release its first album, "A Face Only a Mother Could Love.
There's Pretty -- a monster with a face only a mother could love, and Scary - a phantom afraid of his own shadow.
 
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