lose face

[lose face] {v.}

To be embarrassed or shamed by an error or failure; lose dignity, influence or reputation; lose self-respect or the confidence of others.

* /Many Japanese soldiers were killed in World War II because they believed that to give up or retreat would make them lose face./

* /John's careless work made him lose face with his employer./

* /The banker lost face when people found out he bet on horse races./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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