look as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence in 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] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

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)

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "In pre-decimal British money, a sixpence was worth half a shilling.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "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": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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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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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, UK) To look very disappointed."
      ],
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        "UK",
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "look as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence"
}

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{
  "etymology_text": "In pre-decimal British money, a sixpence was worth half a shilling.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "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": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
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        "1": "*",
        "head": "look as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence"
      },
      "expansion": "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)",
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    }
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        "en:Six"
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      "glosses": [
        "To look very disappointed."
      ],
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        [
          "look",
          "look"
        ],
        [
          "very",
          "very"
        ],
        [
          "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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"look as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms