Idiom
face that would stop a clock
Meaning
A shockingly unattractive face.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He joked that his old car had a face that would stop a clock.”
“The villain in the old movie was described as having a face that would stop a clock.”
“The cruel critic wrote that the lead actor possessed a face that would stop a clock, effectively ending his career overnight.”
Examples
simple
“He joked that his old car had a face that would stop a clock.”
contextual
“The villain in the old movie was described as having a face that would stop a clock.”
complex
“The cruel critic wrote that the lead actor possessed a face that would stop a clock, effectively ending his career overnight.”
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