TAILIEUCHUNG - Face expressions

Tham khảo tài liệu 'face expressions', tài liệu phổ thông, ôn thi đh-cđ phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Face expressions The first is face the music. It means to accept the results of what you have done. Here is an example from a Reuteurs news report Britain s highest court had ruled that former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinchet was legally arrested. Opponetns os General Pinochet welcomed the news. One of tem said We have waited for years for this man to face the music. No one is sure how the expression began. One story is that it came from a military ceremony held when a soldier was forced out of an army. The buttons were cut from the soldier s clothing. He was put on a horse facing the back of the horse and led away. As he left he faced the music of a military band and the soldiers he had served with. Another story says the expression began in the theatre. New actors shaking with fright were told that their only cure was to go out and face the music. The music was played by the orchestra seated in front of the stage. A similar expression is face up to. It means to accept something that is difficult or painful. For example a man must face up to the fact that he lied about a business deal and will lose his job. Or a child must learn to face up to her responsibilites and complete her schoolwork. Meeting someone face-to-face can be exciting especially if the other person is famous. It is an expression one might use after visiting the White House and meeting the President face-to-face. Or a teacher might ask for a face-to-face meeting with the parents of a student in trouble. It means to talk to someone in person not by telephone. Another expression is as plain as the nose on your face. It means that something is as clear as it can possibly be. Shakespears used the words almost 500 years ago for a joke in his play Two Gentelemen of Verona. Valentine secretly loves Lady Sylvia. His servant jokes that Valentine s love for her is as hard to seeas the nose on a man s face. Of course a man s nose cannot be hidden. A more recent use of the expression appeared in a report in .

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