lose face

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• ''Ancilla face mea laganum!.''
• Johnson, sneak in the church and mutilate the false priest's face so the locals won't follow him anymore. (''Johnson, livahda kirkkoon ja viiltele valepapin naama jotta paikalliset eivät enää seuraisi häntä.'')
• Son, I'm gonna wipe that dumb look right off your stupid face. ''(Poika, pyyhkin tuon typerän ilmeen pois sinun pöljiltä kasvoiltasi.)''

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lose face englanniksi

1. puhekieltä To lose the respect of others; to be humiliated or experience public disgrace.

2. 1986, John Shelby Spong, Beyond Moralism: A Contemporary View of the Ten Commandments, HarperCollins (2000), ISBN 9781878282149, http://books.google.com/books?id=J7TT9J67GFcC&pg=PT101&dq=%22lost+face%2 unnumbered page:

Ahithophel, Absalom's chief counsel, hanged himself when he lost face after his advice was rejected.

3. 2011, Mel Robbins, Stop Saying Youre Fine: Discover a More Powerful You'', Crown Archetype (2011), ISBN 9780307716729, http://books.google.com/books?id=VHcJIPSajrcC&pg=PA221v=onepage&q&f=false page 221:

When you start to feel unmotivated, you will look for ways to weasel out of your commitments. We all do it. If there's a stealth way to back out, without ever losing face, you will do it without hesitation.

4. 2012, Sharon Pincott, Battle for the Presidents Elephants: Life, Lunacy and Elation in the African Bush'', Jacana Media (2012), ISBN 9781431403592, http://books.google.com/books?id=GP-RtQMzxoAC&pg=PA97&dq=%22losing+face%22 page 97:

He had arranged for one of his managers to be present in the office with us, so I should have realised immediately that there was little chance of him backing down since that would have meant losing face in front of a subordinate.

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