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your face, your fate

your face, your fate proverb: one's fate and how one is treated in life depends on one's looks.

Proverb

your face, your fate

  1. (Hong-Kong) One's fate and how one is treated in life depends on one's looks.

Origin of your face, your fate

Calque of Cantonese 你的樣子如何，你的命運也必如何 /你的样子如何，你的命运也必如何 (nei⁵ dik¹ joeng⁶ zi² jyu⁴ ho⁴, nei⁵ dik¹ ming⁶ wan⁶ jaa⁵ bit¹ jyu⁴ ho⁴, “And as thy face, so shall thy fate be”), modified from a verse in the Bible 你的日子如何，你的力量也必如何 (“And as thy days, so shall thy strength be”).

Questions about your face, your fate

What does your face, your fate mean?
Your face, your fate means one's fate and how one is treated in life depends on one's looks.
What part of speech is your face, your fate?
Your face, your fate is a proverb.

Words near your face, your fate in the dictionary

  1. Your Britannic Majesty
  2. your chariot awaits
  3. Your Dukeness
  4. Your Excellencies
  5. Your Excellency
  6. your face, your fate
  7. your girl
  8. your good name
  9. your good self
  10. your good selves
  11. your goodself

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