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[in one's
face] {adv. phr.} 1. Against your face.
The trickcigar blew up in the clown's
face.
A cold wind was in our faces aswe walked to school.
2. In front of
you.
The maid slammed the doorin the salesman's face.
I told the boys
that they were wrong, butthey laughed in my face.
Compare: IN THE FACE OF,
THROW SOMETHING INONE'S FACE, TO ONE'S FACE, UNDER ONE'S
NOSE.
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