颜面扫地的成语解释

「成语」：颜面扫地

「发音」：yán miàn sǎo dì

「释义」:比喻面子丧失干净。

「出处」：毛泽东《湖南农民运动考察报告》：“戴过一次高帽子的，从此颜面扫地，做不起人。”

「中英例句」：

1.你希望这些让我颜面扫地

You wanted all thisto blow up in my face.

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2.最后一分钟的入球使他们不致颜面扫地。

A last minute goal spared their blushes.

3.戴过一次高帽子的，从此颜面扫地，做不起人。

Anyone who has once been crowned with a tall paper-hat loses face altogether and can never again hold up his head.

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4.他的回答使自己颜面扫地，同样使他颜面扫地的是他回答后的当场告辞。

His answer was a disgrace and equally disgrace was his departure immediately afterwards.

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5.那些满足人们对预测需求的经济学家，因此而颜面扫地。

The economists who have done so for forecasts have accordingly fallen flat on their faces.