to be a face-ache
- Fuente de la expresión
- Collins Dictionary
- Estructura completa
- to be (somebody) a face-ache
- Contexto
- Face-ache. At first, an ironically joc. term of address, C.20, (c.f. face, n., 4); but by ca. 1960 often used ‘straight’, as in ‘“He is a face-ache” —his presence is very unpleasant and undesirable’ (Jonathan Thomas, 1976)
- Fuente del contexto
- Google Books
- Tipo de fuente
- dictionary
- Autor
- Eric Partridge
- Título de la fuente
- A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
- Año
- 1937
- Web
- https://books.google.es/books?id=IAjyQdFwh4UC&pg=PA372&lpg=PA372&dq=%22is+a+face-ache%22&source=bl&ots=_4JEjLsQ2E&sig=ACfU3U1NfK90gHUvRCvHuoMM_iP3fjr7-w&hl=es&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiBtofrvd_tAhV3UBUIHWX8CpkQ6AEwEHoECAcQAg#v=onepage&q=%22is%20a%20face-ache%22&f=false
- Idioma
- English
- Nivel de uso
- Popular/Familiar/Coloquial
- Marca dialectal
- General
- Frecuencia
- Raro