say something/tell somebody something to their facePERSONALLY/YOURSELFif you say something unpleasant to someone’s face, you say it to them directly, rather than to other people 当面说某事/告诉某人某事 I told him to his face just what I thought of him. 我当面告诉了他我对他的看法。
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