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save faceTo take an action or make a gesture intended to preserve one's reputation or honour.Rate it:

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se casser le nez1. To fall on one’s face. 2. To knock up against an obstacle. 3. To fail in an enterprise.Rate it:

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se taper la clocheto eat very well; to fill one's faceRate it:

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she came in from the cold with her bold, brazen, out-spoken, take on the world positive attitude.Speaking her mind, daring to take on/face challenges, speaking up and speaking out, not staying shut to anyone, ready/willing to face whatever life/anyone dishes out to her.Rate it:

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show one's faceTo appear publicly.Rate it:

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shut one's faceTo stop talking; to be quiet.Rate it:

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sit outTo escape a hold while face-down by swinging one's legs around into the sitting position.Rate it:

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slap him up!A Threat to Inflict Violence, 'hand to face' or 'hand to head' or 'fists to body' of the victim of the threatened violence.Rate it:

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slap in the faceUsed other than as an idiom: see slap, in, the, face.Rate it:

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slap in the faceSomething unexpectedly said or done which causes shock or offense; an insult, rebuke, or rebuff.Rate it:

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snowmanA humanoid figure made with large snowballs stacked on each other. Human traits like a face and arms may be fashioned with sticks, a carrot, and stones or coal.Rate it:

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stand one's groundTo maintain or stick by an opinion or position; to remain resolute in the face of opposition.Rate it:

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stare someone in the faceTo be extremely visible and obvious.Rate it:

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step on a rakeTo step on the tines of a garden rake, causing the handle of the rake to rise from the ground rapidly, invariably striking the person walking in the face.Rate it:

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straight faceA face that is expressionless, especially not laughing.Rate it:

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straighten up and fly rightTo get serious and stop acting absurd, to get focusedRate it:

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stuff one's faceTo eat excessively.Rate it:

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sublimem or sublime (not in sublime or sublimiter) ferri, abireto fly aloft; to be carried into the sky.Rate it:

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suck faceTo kiss, especially deeply and for a prolonged time.Rate it:

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tag upOf a baserunner, when a fly ball is hit, to put one's foot on the base one is currently at until the ball is caught. When the ball is caught, the baserunner may attempt to advance to the next base, at the risk of being tagged out.Rate it:

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take aloftTo successfully fly into the air.Rate it:

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take offTo leave unexpectedly, blow the joint, leave in a huff, run out, evacuate, disband, abandon, rush away, fly the coop, jump the rails, jump the gun.Rate it:

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tel chante qui ne rit pasThe heart may be sad though the face be gay.Rate it:

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the feathers flyAn argument or fight is instigated.Rate it:

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tits uplying down, face up.Rate it:

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tits-upLying down face up.Rate it:

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to dog flyto be having a fine only progressRate it:

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tomber sur le nezto fall flat on one's faceRate it:

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turkey slapThe act of hitting someone in the face with one's penis.Rate it:

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turn awayTo rotate the body or head so as not to face someone or something.Rate it:

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une face de carêmeA sad, pale, woe-begone face (like that of one who has fasted all Lent).Rate it:

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until one is blue in the faceForever; for a hopelessly long time.Rate it:

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up topWhen someone says "up top" to you they are asking you to give them a high five--to tapthe palm of your hand against the palm of their same hand over your heads as you face each other; same as saying "high five" or "give me a high five"; a gesture of agreement or celebration, like between winning team membersRate it:

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vous ne voyez point votre chapeau? mais il vous crève les yeux!You do not see your hat? Why, it stares you in the face! (it’s just under your nose).Rate it:

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vous vous y casserez le nez1. You will fall on your face. 2. You will knock up against something. 3. You will fail in that.Rate it:

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wait onTo fly above its master, waiting till game is sprung; said of a hawk.Rate it:

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wake up and smell the coffeeTo face reality and stop deluding oneself.Rate it:

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wash upTo wash one's hands and/or face, often around mealtimes.Rate it:

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when life gives you lemons, make lemonade.When life gives you lemons, make lemonade is a proverbial phrase used to encourage optimism and a positive can-do attitude in the face of adversity or misfortune.Rate it:

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when pigs flyNever.Rate it:

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when pigs flyA way of informing that it will never happen -- never in a million years.Rate it:

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why i ougthtta...!a threat often accompanied by a n arm gesture of backhanding someone in the face; it means I ought to slap you in the face (or do something worse); exactly WHAT the speaker ought to do is implied almost as if it is a fill-in-the-blank statement where the blank is filled in with something very bad. It isn't a question. (The "why" part of the phrase isn't asking why, it's telling the listener that something bad should happen to him because of what he just said or did wrong.)Rate it:

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wouldn't hurt a flyTo be of very gentle nature.Rate it:

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written all over someone's faceVery obvious, from someone's facial expression.Rate it:

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written in someone's faceAlternative form of written all over someone's faceRate it:

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פרצוף תשעה באב9th in Av face: long face, unhappy faceRate it:

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內牛滿面to be so moved or excited that there are tears streaming down one's faceRate it:

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