set one's face against Idiom, Proverb
set one's face against|face|set
v. phr.,
literary To be very much against; strongly disapprove.
The banker's daughter wanted to marry a poor boy, but her father set his face against it.
set one's face against
set one's face against Strongly disapprove, as in
Her parents set their faces against her eloping. The term
set one's face has been used in the sense of “assume a fixed facial expression” since the mid-1500s.
set (one's) face adjoin (something)
To be acerb adjoin to or accusatory of something. My parents set their faces adjoin me marrying her, so we eloped. The CEO has promised to set his face adjoin any pay cuts or job losses afterward the adverse third-quarter performance.Learn more: face, setset one's face against
Strongly disapprove, as in Her parents set their faces adjoin her eloping. The appellation set one's face has been acclimated in the faculty of "assume a anchored facial expression" back the mid-1500s. Learn more: face, set