look as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
In pre-decimal British money, a sixpence was worth half a shilling.
Verb[edit]
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)
- (idiomatic, UK) To look very disappointed.