raise its head



raise/rear its (ugly) head

if something unpleasant raises its ugly head, it becomes a problem that people have to deal with All over Europe, racism is rearing its ugly head once more.
See also: head, raise

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Sieffre-Welsh
Androkles-Ancient Greek
LawsonLAW-sənEnglish
Osvald-Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Nedelko-Macedonian
Aleksandrs-Latvian