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to accept facts

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  • facts of life — {n. phr.} 1. The truth which we should know about sex, marriage, and births. * /His father told him the facts of life when he was old enough./ 2. The truths one learns about people and their good and bad habits of life, work or play. * /As a cub… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • facts of life — {n. phr.} 1. The truth which we should know about sex, marriage, and births. * /His father told him the facts of life when he was old enough./ 2. The truths one learns about people and their good and bad habits of life, work or play. * /As a cub… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • face facts — accept the truth, deal with reality, come to grips    If we face facts, we can see that one salary is not enough …   English idioms

  • face facts — phrase used for saying that someone has to accept the truth, although it is unpleasant When are these people going to face facts? Thesaurus: to try to deal with a problem or difficultysynonym Main entry: face * * * face facts (or face the… …   Useful english dictionary

  • face facts — we must accept the truth of this. You have to face facts when your boss tells you she doesn t like your report, you d better rewrite it. Related vocabulary: get real …   New idioms dictionary

  • face facts — used for saying that someone has to accept the truth, although it is unpleasant When are these people going to face facts? …   English dictionary

  • face the facts — verb To accept what is true, especially when it is undesirable …   Wiktionary

  • historiography — historiographic /hi stawr ee euh graf ik, stohr /, historiographical, adj. historiographically, adv. /hi stawr ee og reuh fee, stohr /, n., pl. historiographies. 1. the body of literature dealing with historical matters; histories collectively. 2 …   Universalium

  • none so blind as those who will not see —    This idiom is used when people refuse to accept facts presented to them. ( None so deaf as those who will not hear is an alternative.)   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • ostrich — noun 1》 a large flightless swift running African bird with a long neck, long legs, and two toes on each foot. [Struthio camelus.] 2》 a person who refuses to accept facts. Origin ME: from OFr. ostriche, from L. avis bird + late L. struthio (from… …   English new terms dictionary

  • none so blind as those who will not see — This idiom is used when people refuse to accept facts presented to them. ( None so deaf as those who will not hear is an alternative.) …   The small dictionary of idiomes

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