Boat
idiom Slang
Cockney rhyming slang · East London
face
via boat race
- 01
bash someone's face in
To beat someone violently.
- 02
blow up in one's face
To fail disastrously.
- 03
break someone's face
To beat up someone violently.
- 04
butter face
Alternative form of butterface.
- 05
close the face
To turn the face of the bat inwards, in order to hit the ball to the leg side.
- 06
cut off one's nose to spite one's face
To harm oneself as a result of attempting to harm an adversary.
- 07
face down
To confront; to abash by stern looks.
- 08
face like the back end of a bus
A very ugly face.