look sb in the eye/face
to talk to someone in a direct and confident way that shows you are honest or not ashamed:
I wanted to look people in the eye and tell them I made a mistake.
I can't believe you can look me in the face and lie to me like that.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Ashamed and embarrassed
- abashed
- ashamed
- awkward
- awkwardly
- embarrassed
- hangdog
- have egg on your face idiom
- humble
- know
- look
- meet
- meet sb's eye idiom
- mortification
- mortify
- mortifying
- not know where to put yourself idiom
- shamefaced
- sheepish
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