Definition

1. Noun (Slang):
   • A shameless face; a brazen or impudent expression: Refers to a person's face that shows no shame, embarrassment, or sense of propriety, often after doing something wrong or socially unacceptable. It implies audacity and a lack of conscience.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Làm sai mà còn cãi, đúng là mặt mo! (You did wrong and still talk back, what a shameless face!)
  • Hắn có cái mặt mo, chẳng biết xấu hổ là gì. (He has a brazen face; he doesn't know what shame is.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is almost exclusively used in informal, colloquial speech to strongly criticize someone's character or immediate behavior. It carries a negative and contemptuous tone.

Variants and Related Words

• Mặt dày (idiom): Thick-skinned; shameless.
  • Đừng có mặt dày như vậy. (Don't be so thick-skinned.)

Synonyms

• Shameless face
• Brazen expression
• Impudent look
• Audacious countenance

Related Idioms

• Mặt mo mặt mẹt: An intensified, rhyming slang phrase meaning an extremely brazen and shameless face.
  • Cứ hỏi tiền người khác với cái mặt mo mặt mẹt ấy. (You keep asking others for money with that utterly shameless face of yours.)