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.)

have egg on 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.

have egg on (one's) face

To be adversity embarrassment as a aftereffect of some accessible abortion or faux pas. I was so afraid that I said the amiss name during the bells ceremony. Boy, do I accept egg on my face now! The CEO absolutely had egg on his face afterwards he went on date to authenticate the new artefact and couldn't get it to work.Learn more: egg, face, have, on

have egg on one's face

Fig. to be ashamed by article one has done. (As if one went out in accessible with a bedraggled face.) I was absolutely wrong, and now I accept egg on my face. She's absolutely got egg on her face!Learn more: egg, face, have, on

egg on one's face, to have/wipe off the

To accept fabricated a fool of oneself. An Americanism of the mid-twentieth century, this apparent allegory for accepting fabricated a blend of oneself anon beyond the Atlantic. (John Ciardi, however, speculates it may acquire from an entertainer’s actuality pelted with garbage, including raw eggs, by a annoyed audience.) The added version, to wipe the egg off one’s face, agency the aforementioned thing, implying that one has fabricated an awkward absurdity (not that one is acclimation it). Learn added lay an egg.Learn more: egg, have, off, on, wipe

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