straight face

*straight face

Fig. a face free from smiles or laughter. (*Typically: have ~; keep ~.) It's hard to keep a straight face when someone tells a funny joke.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Carolin	KAH-ro-leen	German
Reiner	RIE-ner (German)	German, Ancient Germanic
Elba	EL-bah	Spanish
Hassan	['ha:sən]
Jekaterina	ye-kah-tye-REE-nah, ee-kah-tee-REE-nah	Russian
Jelica	-	Serbian, Croatian