Phrase guide

written all over someone's face

phrase · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Meaning 1

Very obvious, from someone's facial expression.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

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Translations

5 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: nähdä naamasta — very obvious, from someone's facial expression
  • Georgian: სახეზე აწერია (saxeze ac̣eria) — very obvious, from someone's facial expression
  • Hungarian: az arcára van írva — very obvious, from someone's facial expression
  • Polish: wypisany na czole — very obvious, from someone's facial expression
  • Russian: на лбу напи́сано (na lbu napísano) — very obvious, from someone's facial expression