ENGLISH IDIOMS: on (or upon) the face of it

in persian •  7 years ago 

on (or upon) the face of it

ظاهراً

On the face of it, the problem looks very simple.

این مسئله ظاهراً ساده به نظر می‌رسد.

مثال دیگر:

On the face of it, he seems to be a simple employee working in an insignificant company.

در ظاهر به نظر می‌رسد که او کارمند ساده‌ای است که در یک شرکت بی‌اهمیت کار می‌کند.

عبارت in the face of یعنی «بر خلافِ …»، و to one’s face یعنی «جلوی روی کسی».


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True, very nice idiom. hats off to you.

On the face of it, it seems like a bargain.

On the face of it, these improvements look to be insignificant.

On the face of it that seems to make sense.

On the face of it, it looks like a serious problem.

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who man hardly work

maxium worker does not work insignificant company.