stracić twarz

Meaning: To suffer a loss of respect, dignity, or social standing, especially through shame or failure.

Language: Polish

Literally: to lose face

Category: Body & Senses

Origin: The face is the public presentation of self; losing it means losing one's reputation or standing in the eyes of others.

More idioms — Body & Senses

wziąć na barki — To assume responsibility for something or take on a burden.
сыпать соль на рану (sypat' sol' na ranu) — To deliberately make someone's suffering worse by adding mockery or fresh insult to their…
проверять на вшивость (proveryat' na shivost') — To scrutinize or investigate someone closely to uncover hidden faults or problems; to vet…
положа руку на сердце (polozhá ruku na sérdtse) — Speaking with complete sincerity and honesty.
в ус не дуть (v us ne dut') — To show complete indifference or not to care at all.
пудрить мозги (pudrit' mozgi) — To mislead someone with false or nonsensical talk; to deceive or confuse deliberately.

grać na zwłokę — To stall or delay deliberately in order to buy time until one is ready.
zimne nóżki — A cold dish of meat in aspic or jelly.
wziąć w łapę — To take a bribe or to accept money corruptly.
wziąć na ambit — To take something on as a matter of personal pride; to be set on succeeding because one's…
wziąć na bajer — To deceive someone or con them into believing something false.
pijany jak świnia — Extremely intoxicated or drunk.

Ząb, zupa zębowa; dąb, zupa dębowa. — Drills the nasal vowels ą and ę, which only differ from plain a and e by the nasal hum.
W Szczebrzeszynie chrząszcz brzmi w trzcinie i Szczebrzeszyn z tego słynie. — The opening of a poem by Julian Tuwim, now Poland's most-quoted tongue twister — the cons…
Stół z powyłamywanymi nogami. — Six words, almost no vowels — a single noun phrase that non-Polish speakers find impossib…