English-Dutch translations for lose face

• gezicht verliezen
  Dan zouden wij ons gezicht verliezen en volledig terecht uitgelachen worden door de burgers vanwege onze slappe houding. We would lose face and the public would quite rightly ridicule us for our weakness.
• gezichtsverlies lijden
  Onze Vergadering zou gezichtsverlies lijden en in diskrediet raken bij het publiek in onze landen. Dat mag niet gebeuren. This House would lose face and would discredit itself in the eyes of public opinion in our countries, and that is something we do not want.

Definition of lose face

• To lose the respect of others; to be humiliated or experience public disgrace

Related words

• lose faith
• close family ties
• lose one's face