loss of face

Any further loss of face would make what had to come next even more difficult.

Her husband says it would be a loss of face to return to China.

For them, it looks like the most terrible loss of face.

To show him more would bring me shame, a loss of face.

Even a minor one would cause him a loss of face.

No loss of face if you wish to remain here.

For a man who was a star in Japan, this could be a major loss of face.

"This could be seen in Moscow as a huge loss of face."

To the Chinese it was a huge loss of face, the big fish that got away.

But the Japanese would not care for the loss of face if the information surfaced.

The loss of face in not struggling proved too much.

He was burning inside with anger and loss of face.

And the loss of face after the public posturing seems very real.

And they say the universities' loss of face is deserved.

Their loss of face would be gigantic, if we were to beat them there.

"It's a loss of face that reflects on your whole family."

Some saw the loss of face in slightly less idealistic terms.

Thus might challenge be given and averted without loss of face.

"Our confronting them with that could mean a serious loss of face," she said slowly.

But she's an oriental, and maybe it involves too much loss of face.

Such loss of face could be fatal to Second's hopes in an election year.

Such a gesture would have meant an enormous loss of face for the old man.

But to cancel the rally would have meant a loss of face.

To the Chinese it all represents the most awful loss of face.

Coming here was, in itself, a kind of loss of face.