人体英语趣说系列之face脸，面

Face 脸，面 Face has to do with the idea of respect and dignity both in Chinese and English. You lose your face, if you fail again and again, but a decisive victory will save your face after all your failures. when you feel unhappy, you pull a long face. The idea is conveyed in Chinese in the same way. But “about face !”does not refer to the face. It is a military order to turn round and face in the opposite direction. It is the exact equivalent of “about turn”. 面孔和面子、尊严相关，中英文都一样。你一再失败就丢面子（lose face），经历过多次挫折之后，取得最后成功，也就挽回面子（save face。 你不高兴的时候会（pull a long face）。中文也是说“拉长脸”的，不过“about face！”却不指脸孔，而是步操的口令，意思是“向后转”，另一个短语about turn，跟它的意思完全一样。