look as if one has lost a shilling and found sixpence (English, verb)
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)
Senses:
glosses: To look annoyed or displeased.
tags: dated
idiomatic
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