泣きっ面なきつら

noun

tearful face; crying face

Refers to a face that is wet with tears or looks like one has been crying. Often used in the proverb 泣きっ面に蜂 (adding insult to injury).

• 泣なきっ面つらを隠かくすようにうつむいた。

  She hung her head as if to hide her tearful face.

• 泣なきっ面つらに蜂はちとは、まさにこのことだ。

  This is exactly a case of adding insult to injury (literally, a bee on a crying face).