Meaning of face that would stop a clock | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A shockingly unattractive face.
   idiomatic
2. A shockingly attractive face.
   idiomatic

Examples

“He described the thug as a very ugly and wicked-looking man, with a face that "would stop a clock".”

“We realize that all women are fair only in theory and that if we arranged them in the order of fairness we should have at one end the face that launched a thousand ships and at the other end the face that would stop a clock.”

“Archie was an artist, finely chiselled, "the type girls go for like catnip." He . . . was expected to marry an American heiress. But she loved a muscular curate with a face that would stop a clock.”

“Hey darlin' I can remember when you could stop a clock.”

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