say to face

1 PERSONALLY/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。

→ say something/tell somebody something to their face at face1(5)

2 informalTELL to criticize someone or say something unpleasant directly to them instead of saying it to someone else 当着某人的面直说[直接批评]

I knew they wanted me to leave, even though they wouldn’t say it to my face.

我也知道他们要我走，虽然他们没有当面这么说。

Examples from the Corpus

say something to somebody’s face• Never write anything in an e-mail that you wouldn't say to the person's face.• If you had anything to say, you said it to their face.• I'd never say it to her face, but her hair looks terrible.• It is, may I suggest, much easier to say goodbye to a face than to a wooden box.

→ say something to somebody’s face at say1(2)

词汇	say to face
释义	say to face say to face 1 PERSONALLY/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。 → say something/tell somebody something to their face at face1(5) 2 informalTELL to criticize someone or say something unpleasant directly to them instead of saying it to someone else 当着某人的面直说[直接批评] I knew they wanted me to leave, even though they wouldn’t say it to my face. 我也知道他们要我走，虽然他们没有当面这么说。 Examples from the Corpus say something to somebody’s face• Never write anything in an e-mail that you wouldn't say to the person's face.• If you had anything to say, you said it to their face.• I'd never say it to her face, but her hair looks terrible.• It is, may I suggest, much easier to say goodbye to a face than to a wooden box. → say something to somebody’s face at say1(2)
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