ztratit tvář

Czech

Etymology

Calque of English lose face, ultimately from Chinese 丟臉 / 丢脸 (diūliǎn).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [stracɪt tvaːr̝̊]

Phrase

ztratit tvář pf

  1. (idiomatic) to lose face (to lose the respect of others; to be humiliated or experience public disgrace)

References

  1. ^ Stěpanova, Ludmila (2023) “ztratit tvář”, in Etymologický slovník české frazeologie [Etymological dictionary of Czech phraseology] (in Czech), Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, →ISBN

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