in someone's faceとは 意味・読み方・使い方

前置詞句

in someone's face

1. (literally) Onto or into someone's face.

   Who would want to sit next to Larry, the guy who's too dumb not to blow his cigar smoke in your face?

   • 1675, Richard Baxter, Richard Baxter's Catholick Theologie: Plain, Pure, Peaceable: for Pacification of the Dogmatic Word-Warriours...‎, page 226:

     And why do you and all men regard or reward a loving thankful, obedient child, more than one that will scorn you and spit in your face?

2. (idiomatic) In front of someone's face; before someone's eyes.

   The people on the beach blanket near ours were fine until they started changing into their swimsuits right in our faces.

   • 1658, Samuel Crook, Christopher Barker, William Garrett, Ta diapheronta, or, Divine characters: in two parts...‎, page 70:

     This hypocrite will laugh in your face, and cut your throat...

   • 1972, the O'Jays, “Back Stabbers (song)”, in Back Stabbers (album), performed by the O'Jays:

     They smilin' in your face / All the time, they want to take your place / The back stabbers

   • 1994, TLC, “Case of the Fake People”, in CrazySexyCool, performed by TLC:

     Well well they smile in your face / When all the time they wanna take your place / Them backstabbers

派生語

• in-your-face
• in your face

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