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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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the public face of the Games

Beijing has also been working on the public face of the Games. For every Olympics, mascots are chosen to present the games to their international audience.

Hi,
Does "the public face of the Games" sound very idiomatic to you? Does it mean "the symbol" or "the mascot?" Thanks.
  

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' is an idiomatic phrase. I find its use a little odd here as normally it suggests that there is a lot of non-public activity going on too, which I don't really see in this context. It means the 'impression X gives to people who are not part of an organisation/event'.

— Nona the brit

  • ' is an idiomatic phrase.
  • I find its use a little odd here as normally it suggests that there is a lot of non-public activity going on too, which I don't really see in this context.
  • It means the 'impression X gives to people who are not part of an organisation/event'.
  • for example, the public face of a company may be controlled by its PR activities and not be that close to the reality of the company's daily activity.
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'the public face of...' is an idiomatic phrase.

I find its use a little odd here as normally it suggests that there is a lot of non-public activity going on too, which I don't really see in this context.

It means the 'impression X gives to people who are not part of an organisation/event'. for example, the public face of a company may be controlled by its PR activities and not
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