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单词 to one's face
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to one's face


Openly, directly, as in I do not have the nerve to tell him to his face that he wasn't invited and shouldn't have come. This idiom alludes to a direct confrontation. [Mid-1500s]

Words nearby to one's face

Toomer, too much of a good thing, toon, Toonerville trolley, to oneself, to one's face, to one's feet, to one's heart's content, to one's name, toonie, Toorak tractor
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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