written all over someone's face

English

Alternative forms

• written in someone's face

Pronunciation

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Phrase

written all over someone's face

1. (idiomatic, of an emotion) Very obvious, from someone's facial expression.

Translations

very obvious, from someone's facial expression

• Finnish: nähdä naamasta
• Georgian: სახეზე აწერია (saxeze ac̣eria)
• Hungarian: az arcára van írva
• Polish: wypisany na czole
• Russian: на лбу напи́сано (na lbu napísano)

See also

• plain as the nose on one's face