lose face

"He has lost face in the eyes of the country and the world."

He would really lose face now if this deal went wrong.

You are the ones losing face in cases like these.

For the first time since she had known him Hip lost face.

An old saying is that a person would rather die than lose face.

Let's just say that he lost face in front of quite a few agents.

An opera company general director is going to lose face.

Thus the other follows because she does not want to lose face with her white friend.

Thus the Government would lose face if big problems arose.

I made him lose face and he's going to curse me.

The verdict made the court lose face in the eyes of the public.

I must not lose face before my men, the Baron thought.

He wants to provide young people with a way of walking away from a fight without losing face.

On the Internet, they have to be prepared to either lose face or part with a lot of money.

To make him lose face in front of his men would be a very serious error.

No bonus points for losing face in front of them.

I will not see us lose face in such a way."

When it comes to emotions, men are still expected not to lose face.

To lose face that way, in front of his people, was something she knew he could never tolerate.

I couldn't lose face, so had to go on with the game.

"And there is nothing worse for a man like him than losing face," she said.

This way, all of these protesters can move back in with their parents without losing face now.

You have lost face and now you must go home.

"The Japanese feel they would lose face if it looked as though they'd been acquired."

If she did, then he had lost face indeed.