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faced with

faced with {adj. phr.}

Confronted with.

We were all faced with the many wars that broke out in the wake of the collapse of communism.

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two-faced

[two-faced] {adj.} Insincere; disloyal; deceitful. * /Don't confide too much in him as he has the reputation of being two-faced./ Compare: [SPEAK WITH A FORKED TONGUE]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

shit-faced

[shit-faced] {adj.} Drunk. British slang (Wikipedia)

Abraham Lincoln

(1809-1865), US President If I was two-faced, would I be using this one? www.english-slang.com

jug-eared

[jug-eared] {adj.} With ears that stick out like the handles of a jug. * /Tommy was a redheaded, freckle-faced, jug-eared boy./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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