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
Yotam-Biblical Hebrew
OlaviO-lah-vee (Finnish)Finnish, Estonian
ZvjezdanaZVYEZ-dah-nahCroatian
TuĞBa-Turkish
Wikolia-Hawaiian
Eadgy&Eth;-Anglo-Saxon