| 单词 | fall flat on your/something's face |
| 释义 | fall flat on your/something's facefall flat on your/something's face a) FALLto fall so that you are lying on your chest on the ground 摔趴在地上 Babe slipped and fell flat on her face. 巴贝滑了一跤，趴在地上。 b) informalFAIL to not have the result you want or expect, especially when this is embarrassing 达不到预期的效果〔尤指造成尴尬〕 The theory falls flat on its face when put into practice. 该理论在实际应用时栽了跟头。 Examples from the Corpus fall flat on your/something's face• As we were going out to the car Babe slipped and fell flat on her face.• At last, after several near misses, I fall flat on my face.• Because if you don't a fresh ambition or optimistic plan will fall flat on its face.• It is also a nation waiting for her to fall flat on her face.• Writers strive for a universal experience distilled from personal memories and tend to fall flat on their faces.• But once the ball tips, the game falls flat on its face faster than a top-ranked team after a first-round upset.• She fell flat on her face getting out of the car.• The last time I wore high-heeled shoes I fell flat on my face outside a restaurant.• Yet there are certain composers who fall flat on their face unless the adrenalin really start to flow. → fall flat on your/something's face at flat3(3) |
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