"look as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence" meaning in All languages combined

See look as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: looks as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence [present, singular, third-person], looking as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence [participle, present], looked as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence [participle, past], looked as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence [past]
Etymology: In pre-decimal British money, a sixpence was worth half a shilling. Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=look as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence}} look as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence (third-person singular simple present looks as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence, present participle looking as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence, simple past and past participle looked as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence)
  1. (idiomatic, UK) To look very disappointed. Tags: UK, idiomatic Categories (topical): Six
    Sense id: en-look_as_if_one_had_lost_a_shilling_and_found_sixpence-en-verb-UrM-r67V Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for look as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence meaning in All languages combined (1.8kB)

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    },
    {
      "form": "looking as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence",
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    },
    {
      "form": "looked as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence",
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    },
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      "form": "looked as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence",
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        "To look very disappointed."
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    {
      "form": "looks as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "looking as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "looked as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "looked as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
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      },
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      "glosses": [
        "To look very disappointed."
      ],
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        [
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        [
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        [
          "disappointed",
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, UK) To look very disappointed."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "look as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence"
}

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