mặt mo
Definition
- 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.)