"look as if one has lost a shilling and found sixpence" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-look as if one has lost a shilling and found sixpence.ogg [Australia] Forms: looks as if one has lost a shilling and found sixpence [present, singular, third-person], looking as if one has 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: A shilling was worth 12 pence, so this would represent a loss of money. Head templates: {{en-verb|look<> as if one has<has,has,had> lost a shilling and found sixpence}} look as if one has lost a shilling and found sixpence (third-person singular simple present looks as if one has lost a shilling and found sixpence, present participle looking as if one has lost a shilling and found sixpence, simple past and past participle looked as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence)
  1. (idiomatic, dated) To look annoyed or displeased. Tags: dated, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-look_as_if_one_has_lost_a_shilling_and_found_sixpence-en-verb-Ta~AND-n Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for look as if one has lost a shilling and found sixpence meaning in English (2.0kB)

{
  "etymology_text": "A shilling was worth 12 pence, so this would represent a loss of money.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "looks as if one has lost a shilling and found sixpence",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "looking as if one has 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": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "look<> as if one has<has,has,had> lost a shilling and found sixpence"
      },
      "expansion": "look as if one has lost a shilling and found sixpence (third-person singular simple present looks as if one has lost a shilling and found sixpence, present participle looking as if one has lost a shilling and found sixpence, simple past and past participle looked as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        {
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To look annoyed or displeased."
      ],
      "id": "en-look_as_if_one_has_lost_a_shilling_and_found_sixpence-en-verb-Ta~AND-n",
      "links": [
        [
          "annoyed",
          "annoyed"
        ],
        [
          "displeased",
          "displeased"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, dated) To look annoyed or displeased."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "look as if one has lost a shilling and found sixpence"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "A shilling was worth 12 pence, so this would represent a loss of money.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "looks as if one has lost a shilling and found sixpence",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "looking as if one has 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": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "look<> as if one has<has,has,had> lost a shilling and found sixpence"
      },
      "expansion": "look as if one has lost a shilling and found sixpence (third-person singular simple present looks as if one has lost a shilling and found sixpence, present participle looking as if one has lost a shilling and found sixpence, simple past and past participle looked as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To look annoyed or displeased."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "annoyed",
          "annoyed"
        ],
        [
          "displeased",
          "displeased"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, dated) To look annoyed or displeased."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-look as if one has lost a shilling and found sixpence.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/En-au-look_as_if_one_has_lost_a_shilling_and_found_sixpence.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "look as if one has lost a shilling and found sixpence"
}

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