"face like a bag of spanners" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: faces like bags of spanners [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|faces like bags of spanners}} face like a bag of spanners (plural faces like bags of spanners)
  1. (UK, informal, humorous) A very ugly face. Tags: UK, humorous, informal
    Sense id: en-face_like_a_bag_of_spanners-en-noun-IaYatWhQ Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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