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Old 14-Nov-2006, 20:03
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Default Re: english saying

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Originally Posted by Grotesque View Post
'your face could be your fortune' says a wise man...we have to discuss this at my english course and i know only a bit what to write about this but i don't think i'm right...can someone first explain to me what it really means in english?
I'm not familiar with this saying, but if "face" is intended to be taken literally,here is one idea you might want to develop:

A person's face can tell much about that person in terms of character, honesty, integrity, etc. The face makes up a large part of our first impression of a person.
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