"written all over someone's face" meaning in English

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Phrase

Audio: En-au-written all over someone's face.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} written all over someone's face
  1. (idiomatic, of an emotion) Very obvious, from someone's facial expression. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: written in someone's face Related terms: plain as the nose on one's face Translations (very obvious, from someone's facial expression): nähdä naamasta (Finnish), სახეზე აწერია (saxeze ac̣eria) (Georgian), az arcára van írva (Hungarian), wypisany na czole (Polish), на лбу напи́сано (na lbu napísano) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-written_all_over_someone's_face-en-phrase-ApQOLdmW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Russian terms with redundant script codes

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