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keep a straight face |
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keep a straight face to look serious and not laugh, although you are in a funny situation or are saying something funny or stupid I can never play jokes on people because I can't keep a straight face. keep a straight face to avoid showing any emotion, esp. amusement I thought it would be funny to tell him he failed the course, but it was hard to keep a straight face when I was talking to him. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Any guy will tell you that it's hard to keep a straight face when a razor is being dragged across it. How could you keep a straight face when Brian Cox [as Deirdre's eccentric psychiatrist, who adopts teenage Augusten] described his "masturbatorium"? Hudson, who spent the whole night sporting a wide, happy grin, recalled how hard it was to keep a straight face opposite Wilson's antics in the film. |
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