Look out for wide eyes and a slightly vacant expression.
Times, Sunday Times
His hunched shoulders say he's been suitably chastised by his telling-off, but his vacant expression tells us it's fallen on deaf ears.
The Sun
I wasted three mornings of my life trailing to horrible flash showrooms, listening to suited salesmen with vacant expressions signalling 'time waster'.
Times, Sunday Times
Well, perhaps the vacant expressions - sheep aren't terribly bright.
Times, Sunday Times