| 单词 | rear its ugly head |
| 释义 | rear its ugly headAppear. This phrase is used only of something undesirable or unpleasant, as in The interview went very well until a question about his academic record reared its ugly head. This expression was first recorded in slightly different form in Anthony Trollope's Barchester Towers (1857): “Rebellion had already reared her hideous head.” Words nearby rear its ugly headReardon, rear echelon, rear end, rear-ender, rearguard, rear its ugly head, rear light, rearm, rearmost, rearmouse, rear projection 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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