a straight face

We've heard people even suggest with a straight face Barcelona would collapse in the face of meaty challenges and a reducer or two.

When she told me that she fell in the mud, it was difficult for me to keep a straight face.

"Until recently, it was difficult for business to say with a straight face that the administration was serious about trade, " says Mr Wenk.

but of course he never did. How Harry managed to keep a straight face during these performances is quite beyond me.

But I dared not kiss him, for dad was not always kind to me, and he always kept a straight face.

And with a straight face you're gonna tell students that America is so star-spangled awesome that we're the only ones who have the freedom.

He told me with a straight face that these CDOs were the only way to get rid of the riskiest tranches of Subprime debt.

It's difficult to see how the writer could have written this with a straight face.

All in all, the experience made it hard for me to keep a straight face when people referred to whale as a "delicacy. "

And I'm not just saying that. I'm really not a very nice person. I can say "I don't care" with a straight face.

The director listened to my complaints with a straight face, but I felt that all the time he was laughing up his sleeve.

Can you imagine trying to say this to someone you're upset with and keeping a straight face?

Nobody could argue with a straight face that this week's sanctions were unjustified.

KM: We laughed our way through that Charlie's Angel's spoof. It was hard to keep a straight face. It felt like an office party.

Mr. Bonhag, returned Cowperwood in his grandest manner, and with a desire to smile, but he kept a straight face.

They tend to keep a straight face all day long and fail to keep life in perspective.

He told me this with a straight face but watched my eyes closely as he spoke.

If it helps, practice saying "penis" and "vagina" with a straight face in the mirror.

With a straight face, he said my work wasn't good enough.

When Bob fell into the water, he looked funny and I could hardly keep a straight face.

He has such a strange voice that it's difficult to keep a straight face when he's talking.

One patient said, "I'm trying to keep a straight face. "

As he told the story with a straight face, I just presumed it was true.

Stop joking around. I'm trying to keep a straight face.

The head coach was sitting them watching his two students fighting each other for the gold medal with a straight face.

Not for a long time will people listen to US officials lecture on the virtues of free financial markets with a straight face.

It is a measure of the severity of the crisis that HSBC executives talk of "signature financial strength" with a straight face.

Yet the same people, or their successors, now talk about green shoots with a straight face, oblivious of historic connotations.

Just a slight case so yo1u could tell them with a straight face.

He kept a straight face, but professional dismissal oozed from his pores.

spoken with a straight face but crossed fingers ; crossed forks; seated with arms across.

Unfortunately, many believe that what O'Reilly says with a straight face is true.

The further the spot price falls below the contracted level, the easier it will be to make that case with a straight face.

Indeed, designers' willingness to show pajamas on the runway with a straight face reflects a shift in the once-sleepy world of menswear.

"Our engineers know how to work without electricity, " says a national phone company's boss, with a straight face.

Some people practice dishonesty and can lie with a straight face.

He likes telling jokes. But always keeps a straight face when others are shaking their sides with laughter.

All maids are forever 17, says a spokesman for Seibu, seemingly with a straight face.

She looked so ridiculous it was hard to keep a straight face.

How can Hillary say such things with a straight face?

trying hard to keep a straight face though her tears never stopped from streaming down.

school orchestra played so many wrong notes that I had trouble keeping a straight face.

I can't say "peeved" with a straight face.

And how Henry managed to keep a straight face, I'll never know! '

How Henry managed to keep a straight face, I'll never know.

It's hard to keep a straight face when someone tells a funny joke.

It is hard for a lot of people to answer this question with a straight face.

Barbara tried to keep a straight face, but in the end she just couldn't help laughing.

Nonsense! How can you say that and keep a straight face?

Tom kept a straight face while telling the joke.

The donald somehow kept a straight face.

It is hard to get along with Jeff, because he always has a straight face.

I can't keep a straight face while telling joke.

All of them kept a straight face when they heard the non funny joke.

I can never play jokes on people because I can't keep a straight face.

He can never tell a joke with a straight face.

The government says with a straight face that the economy, which grew by5% last year, will not be affected. But that is hard to believe.

Keep a straight face when you tell a lie

It's hard to keep a straight face