“打脸”,网络用语,字面意思是“a slap in the face”,通常指自己说了某句话或扬言做某件事后却没有履行(fall down on one’s promise),也可以指某人自信满满的断定事态发展,结果却出现与其预想完全(the complete opposite of one's expectation)相反或差距非常大,如一巴掌打在脸上,十分尴尬。
例句:
我以为她会答应, 结果她拒绝了我。真是打脸!
I thought she would say yes, but she turned me down. It was a real slap in the face.
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