| 词汇 | show face |
| 释义 | Idiom show faceshow (your) face if you show your face in a place, you go there, even when you feel embarrassed about something that you have done.I don't know how he dares show his face in this pub after how he behaved the other night! (always + adv/prep)If he ever shows his face in this town again, I'll get the police. show (one's) faceTo go somewhere despite feeling embarrassed or being scorned. With the way my kids behaved there last time, I can never show my face in that restaurant again. How can you show your face around here, after what you did? show (one's) face To make an appearance: Don't show your face on my property again. show one's face, toTo appear, to be present. This expression generally implies that one is appearing, despite being embarrassed about something, or that one is afraid to appear for some reason. Thus Samuel Richardson used it in the early novel Clarissa (1748), “I should be ashamed to show my face in public.” It continues to be used in just this way. |
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