show one's face



show one's face

Appear, as in She was so upset that we were sure she'd never show her face at the theater again. This idiom has appeared in slightly different forms, such as show one's neck or visage or nose, since about 1225.
See also: face, show

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Lin-Chinese
UrsUWRSGerman
LuboŠ-Czech
Manas-Bengali, Indian, Assamese, Hindi
LoreenLAWR-eenEnglish
Louiseloo-EEZ (French, English), loo-EE-se (Danish)French, English, Danish, Swedish, Dutch