have a face as long as a fiddle—look dismal or extremely depressed:
- I saw you yesterday and you had a face as long as a fiddle. What was the matter with you?
have a face made of a fiddle—(arch.) be irresistibly attractive:
- A person who was well-liked had a face “made of a fiddle,” meaning that it was always wreathed in smiles, as a fiddle has a much-curled shape.