Смысл: about-face

about-face1. [ə͵baʋtʹfeıs] n
<Í> 1. поворот кругом
2. отскок (прямо) назад (при ударе)
3. внезапное и полное изменение (отношения, точки зрения и т. п.)
they've done an about-face in their foreign policy - они совершили поворот на сто восемьдесят градусов в своей внешней политике

2. [ə͵baʋtʹfeıs] v
<Í> 1. 1) повернуть кругом
2) повернуться кругом
2. отскочить (прямо) назад (при ударе)
3. внезапно и полностью изменить (отношение, точку зрения и т. п.)

be looking (one) in the face Идиома

a bare-faced lie

a deliberate lie, a planned lie His statement to the police was false - a bare-faced lie.

a poker face

"a face with no expression; showing no emotion" Judge Brady has a poker face. He doesn't show his emotions.

at face value

the value shown by the surface, what you see At face value, this car appears to be in good condition.

bare-faced lie

(See a bare-faced lie)

blue in the face

weakened, tired after trying many times I called that dog until I'm blue in the face. He won't come in.

cut off your nose to spite your face

make your problem worse, hurt yourself because you dislike yourself If you abuse drugs to forget a problem, you are cutting off your nose to spite your face.

egg on my face

embarrassed, outsmarted I made a deal with Jake and ended up with egg on my face.

face down

confront boldly and win, defy They decided to face down their competitors and were able to easily stay in business.

face facts

accept the truth, deal with reality, come to grips If we face facts, we can see that one salary is not enough.

face the music

accept the consequences of something He is going to have to face the music sooner or later.

be attractive (one) in the face

1. To be about assertive to appear or become a problem. I apperceive you don't appetite to pay for this big-ticket advance of treatment, but if you accumulate blank your health, a hospital breach will be attractive you in the face.2. To be actual obvious, abnormally suddenly. Thanks to all of those bootless experiments, the band-aid is assuredly attractive me in the face! The appropriate decision—to breach up, unfortunately—had been attractive us in the face all along.Learn more: face, look

look/stare you in the ˈface

(usually acclimated in accelerating tenses) (of a fact, an answer, a situation, etc.) be accessible but not noticed: The acknowledgment to the botheration had been staring her in the face for years but she hadn’t apparent it. ♢ ‘Where’s that book?’ ‘There in advanced of you, attractive you in the face.’Learn more: face, look, stare

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