| 单词 | look someone in the face |
| 释义 | look someone in the faceAlso, look someone in the eye. Face someone directly and forthrightly. These expressions imply honesty—or at least the appearance of honesty—in what is said, as in Can you look me in the face and tell me you don't want that prize? or John looked me in the eye and told me he didn't break the window. The first term was first recorded in 1566, the variant in 1931. Also see stare in the face. Words nearby look someone in the faceLookout Mountain, look-over, look-see, look sharp, look sideways at, look someone in the face, look the other way, look-through, look through rose-colored glasses, look to, look to one's laurels 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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