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Difference between Have a face as long as a fiddle and Have a face made of a fiddle

have a face as long as a fiddlelook 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.