a straight face

Meaning

1. Oxford75% of films

   if you keep a straight face, you do not laugh or smile, although you find sth funny

   [GRUNTS]

In the movies · 4

• So he says to me-I swear to God he says this to me with a straight face.Swingers1996
• [GRUNTS]The Green Mile1999
• [BOTH CHUCKLE]Se7en1995
• I could barely keep a straight face.Deadpool 22018
• It's hard to keep a straight face when Toot's acting the goat.The Green Mile1999
• And he has the straight face of asking about it.Do the Right Thing1989
• so it's like an arrow staring us straight in the face.Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen2009
• He looked at me straight in the face and said,The Letter1940

Learn it in full scenes

• Swingers1996
  • Rob Explains the No-Call Rule
  • Trent Talks Mike Into Vegas
  • Trent Schools Mike in Vegas
• Do the Right Thing1989
  • Love Daddy Wakes the Block
  • Morning Shift at Sal's Pizzeria
  • Da Mayor Sweeps and Gets Scolded
• The Letter1940
  • Leslie Confesses After the Shooting
  • Leslie Recounts the Night Hammond Died
  • Leslie Describes Shooting Hammond

From the same entry

• go straight
• play it straight
• straight away
• straight from the shoulder
• straight off
• straight up
• hit in the eye
• from the horse's mouth
• think straight
• get straight
• put straight
• straight A's

More idioms

• all things considered
• cut corners
• to start with
• drop the ball
• breathe down neck
• no harm done
• lord
• run for it
• make sick
• what has got into
• straight up
• in secret