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rub one's face with a brass candlestick
Verb
archaic
colloquial
Japanese Meaning
非常に図々しく、厚かましい振る舞いをする / 図々しさや無遠慮さを装い、あえて出す態度をとる
（ present singular third-person ）
（ participle present ）
（ participle past ）
（ past ）
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(colloquial, archaic) To (prepare to) be very brazen or impudent.
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rub one's face with a brass candlestick
When the committee criticized her idea unfairly, she rubbed her face with a brass candlestick and shot back a scathing retort.
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When the committee criticized her idea unfairly, she rubbed her face with a brass candlestick and shot back a scathing retort.
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