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Meaning of face like a bag of spanners | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

A very ugly face.

UK, humorous, informal

Examples

“Everyone is used to it now, David and Victoria Beckham are the King and Queen of the tabloids and every half-decent footballer is a star and a pin-up, even if he's got a face like a bag of spanners.”

“More wrinkles than a tortoise, face like a bag of spanners.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

face like a fiddle face like a smacked arse face like a smacked bum face like the back end of a bus face like thunder face man