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Meaning of "fall flat on one's face" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FALL FLAT ON ONE'S FACE

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FALL FLAT ON ONE'S FACE

fall among
fall apart
fall army worm
fall away
fall back
fall behind
fall between two stools
fall by the wayside
fall down
fall flat
fall for
fall foul of
fall guy
fall in
fall in love
fall line
fall off
fall on
fall on deaf ears
fall on one´s feet

WORDS THAT END LIKE FALL FLAT ON ONE'S FACE

a slap in the face
about face
bold face
change face
cliff face
clock face
come to the surface
en face
face to face
full face
game face
in one´s face
light face
long face
new face
O face
poker face
rock face
straight face
to someone´s face
until one is blue in the face

Synonyms and antonyms of fall flat on one's face in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «fall flat on one's face» into 25 languages

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Find out the translation of fall flat on one's face to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fall flat on one's face from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fall flat on one's face» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

倒扁一个人的脸
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

caer de plano en la cara de uno
570 millions of speakers

English

fall flat on one´s face
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

किसी के चेहरे पर फ्लैट गिर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تقع الشقة على الوجه
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

падать плашмя на лице
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cair de rosto de um
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

এক মুখ ঘুরান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tomber à plat sur ​​le visage de l´un
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jatuh rata pada wajah seseorang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

fallen flach auf das Gesicht
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

顔の上に平らに落ちる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

하나 의 얼굴 에 평평하게 떨어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ambruk ing pasuryan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

rơi phẳng trên khuôn mặt của một người
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒரு முகத்தில் பிளாட் வீழ்ச்சி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एखाद्याच्या चेहऱ्यावर पडणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yüzüne düşmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fiasco su di una faccia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

spaść płasko na czyjejś twarzy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

падати плазом на обличчі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cădea plat pe fata cuiva
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πτώση επίπεδη στο πρόσωπό κάποιου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

val plat op ´n mens se gesig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

faller platt på sitt ansikte
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

faller flatt på ens ansikt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fall flat on one's face

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FALL FLAT ON ONE'S FACE»

The term «fall flat on one's face» is normally little used and occupies the 132.766 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FALL FLAT ON ONE'S FACE»

Discover the use of fall flat on one's face in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fall flat on one's face and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Amharic-English dictionary: H - N.
oo tafaggama to fall face forward, fall flat on one's face; to be knocked down, pushed over; to die h&*"\a° afaggama to throw down, cause to fall; to let s.o. tumble down asfaggama to push over, throw down £.19° 1 JiA faggamm ala to fall flat on ...
Thomas Leiper Kane, 1990
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Dancing with Idioms 2:
fall. flat on one's faCe Grace ran in a race Grace stepped on a lace Grace fell flat on her face and lost the race Grace was falling flat on her face Meaning 1. 'Fall flat on one's face' means to fall and land with a face down. 2. 'Fall flat on one's ...
WP Phan, 2013
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A comprehensive Indonesian-English Dictionary
terjalar to fall flat on one's face. - terjerangkang to fall on one's back with one's feet sticking up. - tersungkur to fa\\ flat on one's face. - tertangkup/tertelungkup/ tertiarap to fall flat on one's face. - waktu come due (of a debt). jatuhnya the way it fits ...
Alan M. Stevens, 2004
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Nez Perce Dictionary
... waya3qa-kayksa 3iqa- VC fall behind in a race, 3iyelehtse leht VS fall (season) camp, sexliwete-s sexnim N fall dead, cilli- VS fall down, keyk VS fall down, cilli- VS fall flat on one's face, tuke-ytiqelikse tiqe- VC fall for, 5ine-mcukuynekse neki ...
Haruo Aoki, 1994
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Sterling Dictionary of Idioms
fail to produce any effect expected All myjokesfellflat. fall flat on one's face suffer a humiliating setback She tried a new series ofgames but with itsfailure shefellflat on her face. in 5 minutes, 20 seconds, etc. flat in the time period specified, but ...
Vijaya Kumar, 1998
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
[1400s] Also see TURN A DEAF EAR. fall on one's face Also, fall flat on one's face. Make a blunder or error ofjudgment, as in Holly fell on herface whenever sheforecast earnings, or That weatherman keepsfallingflat on hisface with his ...
Christine Ammer, 2013
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A dictionary, Spanish and English, and English and Spanish: ...
PROSTERNA'DO, DA, p. . of PROSTERNA'RSE, to hum le oneself, to lie prostrate , to fall flat on one's face. PROSTITUCIO'N, s. s. prostitution, debau ching, exposing to common use. Latin prestiturio. PROSTlTUl'DO, DA, p. p, proslituted, ...
Hipólito San Joseph Giral del Pino, 1763
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The Chambers Dictionary
... to get in arrears: fall between two stools to be neither one thing nor the other; to succeed in neither of two alternatives; fall down on (colloq) to fail in; fall flat to fail completely, have no effect: fall flat on one's face to come to grief or fail dismally; ...
Allied Chambers, 1998
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Chabers 21st Century Dictionary
fall flat on one's face to come to grief; to fail dismally. • fall from grace said of a person: to lose standing. • fall foul of someone or something to get into trouble or conflict with them or it. • fall head over heels to fall hopelessly (in love). • fall on ...
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Oxford Dictionary of English
phrases fall flat fail completely to produce the intended or expected effect: hisjokes fell flat. fall flat on one's face fail in an embarrassingly obviV- ous way: we mightfallflat on our faces and end up bankrupt. (as) flat as a pancake see PANCAKE.
Angus Stevenson, 2010

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Great among the nations
It is hard to write for long before resorting to some phrase from the King James translation, including even 'to fall flat on one's face'. The style of ... «Spectator.co.uk, Apr 11»

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