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
TuomoTOO-o-moFinnish
ChristiKRIS-teeEnglish
BengtBENKTSwedish
NÓIrÍN-Irish
JoelJOL (English), JO-əl (English), ho-EL (Spanish), zhoo-EL (Portuguese), YO-el (Swedish, Finnish)English, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Finnish, Biblical
Friso-Frisian