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
Doran['dɔ:ræn]
Mykola-Ukrainian
Joseba-Basque
Iyov-Hebrew
BÉLaBAY-lawHungarian
TimothÉtee-mo-TEFrench