"face like a smacked arse" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: faces like smacked arses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|faces like smacked arses}} face like a smacked arse (plural faces like smacked arses)
  1. (chiefly Ireland, Northern England, mildly vulgar, slang) The face of someone who looks depressed. Tags: Ireland, Northern-England, mildly, slang, vulgar

Alternative forms

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