| make a face Aug 13th 2013, 00:42, by Atitarev | | | | Line 15: | Line 15: | | | |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=LTcaAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA98&dq=%22made+a+face%22 | | |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=LTcaAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA98&dq=%22made+a+face%22 | | | |passage=I looked at Tomkins to see whether, by chance, he had '''made a face''' at his lordship, ...}} | | |passage=I looked at Tomkins to see whether, by chance, he had '''made a face''' at his lordship, ...}} | | − | | | | − | ====Synonyms==== | | | − | * [[pull a face]] | | | | | | | | | ====Translations==== | | ====Translations==== | | Line 23: | Line 20: | | | * Finnish: {{t|fi|ilmehtiä}}, {{t|fi|ilveillä}}, {{t-SOP|fi|[[väännellä]] [[naamaa]][[-nsa|nsa]]}} | | * Finnish: {{t|fi|ilmehtiä}}, {{t|fi|ilveillä}}, {{t-SOP|fi|[[väännellä]] [[naamaa]][[-nsa|nsa]]}} | | | {{trans-mid}} | | {{trans-mid}} | | − | * Russian: {{t|ru|корчить рожу|tr=kórčitʹ róžu|sc=Cyrl}} {{qualifier|make a wry face}}, {{t|ru|строить гримасу|tr=stróitʹ grimásu|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|кривить лицо|tr=krivítʹ licó|sc=Cyrl}} | + | * Russian: {{t|ru|корчить рожу|impf|tr=kórčitʹ róžu|sc=Cyrl}} {{t|ru|скорчить рожу|pf|tr=skórčitʹ róžu|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|строить гримасу|impf|tr=stróitʹ grimásu|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|состроить гримасу|pf|tr=sostróitʹ grimásu|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|кривить лицо|impf|tr=krivítʹ licó|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|скривить лицо|pf|tr=skrivítʹ licó|sc=Cyrl}} | | | {{trans-bottom}} | | {{trans-bottom}} | | | + | | | | + | ====Synonyms==== | | | + | * [[pull a face]] | | | | | | | | ===See also=== | | ===See also=== |
Latest revision as of 00:42, 13 August 2013 English[edit] to make a face (phrasal verb) - (colloquial) To make a facial expression, often for humor, as a taunt, or to indicate distaste.
- 1849, "Mr. Jolly Green's Account Of The Great Paris Excursion", The New monthly magazine, volume 86, page 98:
- I looked at Tomkins to see whether, by chance, he had made a face at his lordship, ...
Translations[edit] to make a facial expression Synonyms[edit] See also[edit] 
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