A person needs face; a tree needs bark. (Chinese.)
Reputation is extremely important.
Blue in the face
This idiom or expression like sentence means:
Angry, excited, exhausted, etc.
Exerting yourself to the point of depriving yourself of oxygen and turning blue.
When someone says: She’ll argue until she’s blue in the face, they mean:
She’ll argue for a very long time.
Long face.
This idiom or expression means:
Sad looks.
Unhappy face.
Serious looking.
A. Why the long face?
B. I lost a lot of money in the stock market today.
Egg on one’s face.
This idiom or expression has to do with:
Looking foolish.
Being embarrassed.
I was trying to bring peace to the community, but things went wrong and I ended up with egg on my face. Now nobody wants to work with me.
Poker face
This idiom or expression like phrase refers to:
An emotionless face.
A face with no expression at all.
You can never tell from her poker face if she’s happy or sad or whatever!
Face the music.
This idiom or expression means:
You have to face life.
You can’t hide the truth.
You can’t run away from life.
You brought this upon yourself, now you have to face the consequence.
