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
Saverio-Italian
Ohannes-Armenian
Maxime-French
Yousef-Arabic
Zevulun-Biblical Hebrew
Vespasien-French