关于脸的10个地道又重要的英语表达
1.put a brave (或 bold 或 good) face on something
强作欢颜，掩饰;若无其事地对待某事；强装自信快乐；佯装满不在乎
He was putting a brave face on it but she knew he was shattered.
虽然他强作欢颜，但她知道他伤心极了。
The White House tried to put a brave face on the job figures.
白宫面对就业数字强颜欢笑。
He tried to put a bold face on his failure.
他对自己的失败装出一副满不在乎的样子。
2. have egg on/all over your face使显得愚蠢；出丑；丢脸
She doesn't let him have egg on his face in public.
她没有让他当众出丑。
If they take this game lightly they could end up with egg on their faces.
如果他们对这场比赛掉以轻心，结果很可能会出丑。
He really had egg on his face.
他实在是自取其辱。
3. lose face丢脸；失面子；失去自尊与别人的信任，失去尊严/影响力/名望; 坍台; 现眼; 面上无光
save (sb's) face（使）保全面子
England doesn't want a war but it doesn't want to lose face.
英格兰不想打仗，但也不想丢面子。
She was fired, but she saved face by telling everyone she'd resigned.
她被解雇了，但她爱面子，逢人便说是她辞职了。
4. wipe sb/sth off the face of the earth
wipe sth off the map
使…从地球上消失；彻底消除
If a nuclear war breaks out, every living thing will be wiped off the face of the Earth.
如果爆发核战争，地球上的所有生物都将灭绝。
Keep looking ─ they can't just have vanished off the face of the earth.
继续找——他们不可能就此从地球上彻底消逝的。
5. set your face against sb/sth坚决反对某人 / 事物
Her father had set his face against the marriage.
她的父亲坚决反对这门亲事。
He set his face against the scheme from the first.
从一开始他就坚决反对这项计划。
6. face the music 接受批评（或惩罚）；承担自己行为的后果
The others all ran off, leaving me to face the music.
其他人都跑掉了，留下我来挨罚。
Sooner or later, I'm going to have to face the music.
迟早我得自己承担后果。
7.be biue in the face脸色发青，（气得、累得）说不出话来;脸红脖子粗
You can argue till you're blue in the face, but you won't change my mind.
你可以费尽口舌，但改变不了我的主意。
When a person is very angry, we'd say he or she is blue in the face.
当一个人非常生气时,我们会说他或她blue in the face。
You can criticise him until you're blue in the face, but you'll never change his personality.
即使你苦口婆心地批评他，也改变不了他的个性。
7.fly in the face of sth
悍然不顾；公然违抗；与…相悖
Such a proposal is flying in the face of common sense.
这个建议违反常识。
He said that the decision flew in the face of natural justice.
他说这个决定有悖天理。
8.show your face
露面；公开见人
She stayed at home, afraid to show her face.
她待在家里，不敢露面。
9.not just a pretty face并非徒有其表；不只脸蛋漂亮
‘I didn't know you could play the piano.’ ‘I'm not just a pretty face, you know!’
“我不知道你还会弹钢琴呢。”“我可不只是脸蛋儿漂亮，对吧！”
10.laugh in sb's face当面嘲笑；公然蔑视
With juveniles under eighteen, there's little we can do. We can't keep them in custody. They just laugh in your face.
对18岁以下的青少年，我们几乎无计可施。我们不能拘留他们。他们只会公然嘲笑你。
When the new member made his suggestion, the rest of the Committee laughed in his face.
当这位新委员提出建议时，委员会其他成员公开表示蔑视。
Robert went up to the boss and asked for a rise, but the latter just laughed in his face.
罗伯特跑到老板那儿要求增加工资，但老板却当面嘲弄了他一番。
