written all over (one's) face

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written all over (one's) face

Evident by one's facial expression. Said of one's emotions or inner thoughts. Jenny said she wasn't scared before we went into the haunted house, but terror was written all over her face. John said nothing, but his response was written all over his face.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Leofd&Aelig;G	-	Anglo-Saxon
Oluwayemisi	-	Western African, Yoruba
Donar	-	Germanic Mythology
Beatrix	BE-ah-triks (German), BAY-ah-triks (Dutch), BEE-ə-triks (English)	German, Hungarian, Dutch, English (Rare), Late Roman
Nelda	NEL-də	English
Augusto	ow-GOOS-to (Spanish)	Spanish, Italian, Portuguese