- Home
- Idioms
- turn (one's) face to the wall
turn (one's) face to the wall
turn (one's) face to the wall
To die. This phrase originated in the Bible. I just learned that Lady Catherine has turned her face to the wall—what a tragedy.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Seong | | sung | Korean |
| Georgiy | | gye-OR-gee, gee-OR-gee | Russian |
| Miloslav | | - | Czech, Slovak, Medieval Slavic |
| Grid | | GRID | Norse Mythology |
| Alojzija | | - | Slovene, Croatian |
| Rodolf | | RO-dawlf (German) | German (Rare), Dutch (Rare) |