英语词汇“to face the music”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

g. to face the music: to accept or confront the inevitable, or the unpleasant consequences of one's actions. [Origin uncertain and disputed: suggestions include reference to a nervous performer coming onstage in musical theatre, or to the practice of drumming a soldier out of his regiment (see drum v.¹ 4b), or to various military uses of music n. (as e.g. senses 5 and 8c at that entry).]

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the mind > emotion > courage > moral courage > one who braves danger > defy danger (person or thing) [verb] > face boldly the consequences of one's actions

to face the music1834

1834 New Hampsh. Statesman & State Jrnl. 2 Aug. 3/2 Will the editor of the Courier explain this black affair. We want no equivocation—‘face the music’ this time.

1850 Congress. Globe App. 4 Mar. 324/3 There should be no skulking or dodging..every man should ‘face the music’.

1897 C. Rhodes in Westm. Gaz. 6 Jan. 5/1 I will not refer to the vulgar colloquialism that I was afraid to face the music.

1920 R. Macaulay Potterism iii. viii. 140 If Gideon didn't shove him, he's nothing to be afraid of in our talk, and if he did he'll have to face the music.

2008 Florida Times-Union (Nexis) 6 Feb. b1 Hudgins and Smith must face the music—and it won't be the Star-Spangled Banner—before a county magistrate.

单词	to face the music
释义	> as lemmas to face the music g. to face the music: to accept or confront the inevitable, or the unpleasant consequences of one's actions. [Origin uncertain and disputed: suggestions include reference to a nervous performer coming onstage in musical theatre, or to the practice of drumming a soldier out of his regiment (see drum v.¹ 4b), or to various military uses of music n. (as e.g. senses 5 and 8c at that entry).] ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > moral courage > one who braves danger > defy danger (person or thing) [verb] > face boldly the consequences of one's actions to face the music1834 1834 New Hampsh. Statesman & State Jrnl. 2 Aug. 3/2 Will the editor of the Courier explain this black affair. We want no equivocation—‘face the music’ this time. 1850 Congress. Globe App. 4 Mar. 324/3 There should be no skulking or dodging..every man should ‘face the music’. 1897 C. Rhodes in Westm. Gaz. 6 Jan. 5/1 I will not refer to the vulgar colloquialism that I was afraid to face the music. 1920 R. Macaulay Potterism iii. viii. 140 If Gideon didn't shove him, he's nothing to be afraid of in our talk, and if he did he'll have to face the music. 2008 Florida Times-Union (Nexis) 6 Feb. b1 Hudgins and Smith must face the music—and it won't be the Star-Spangled Banner—before a county magistrate. extracted from facev. < as lemmas
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