throw something back in someone's face

Related to word: throw

Idiom

Definition

  1. To bring up someone's past behavior or mistakes in an unkind way during an argument.

    当面重提屬辱

    • During the heated argument, she threw his past unemployment back in his face.

      在激烈的争论中,她把他过去失业的事实拿出来说。

    • Every time they disagreed, he would throw her youthful mistakes back in her face.

      每次他们意见不合时,他都会把她年轻时的错误拿出来说。

    • She shouldn't have thrown his old debts back in his face in public.

      她不应该在公共场合把他以前的债务拿出来说。