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"Don't go and lose your face at some stranger's place"

Vsuresh · Accepted Answer

It means to lose status or become less respectable.

It is possible in a context like this:

A: I want to see how well people appreciate my talent in places we haven't been so far.

B:I'm afraid they might not be aware of your talent. Don't go and lose your face at some stranger's place.

GPY · Answer

vsureshIt means to lose status or become less respectable.

The expression that I know with that meaning is "to lose face" (no "your"). I am not actually sure what "Don't go and lose your face at some stranger's place" refers to. I guess it may be a variant of or mistake for "lose face", but Urban Dictionary lists another meaning: "get really drunk or high" (possibly itself a variant of or suggested by "off one's face", which is the expression I'm familiar with). Urban Dictionary is not always reliable though. Can we have some more context please?

Vsuresh · Answer

GPYCan we have some more context please?

You are right.
The meaning I have given is only for 'lose face' and as you pointed out it is "don't lose your face.." in the sentence given by the original poster

Ozzourti · Answer

A quick Google search reveals that it comes from a Placebo song (The Crawl):

It takes the pain away
That could not make you stay
It's way too broke to fix
No glue, no bag of tricks

Lay me down, the lie will unfurl
Lay me down to crawl

Your smile would make me sneeze
When we were Siamese
Amazing grace in here
I'd pay to have you near

Lay me down, the lie will unfurl
Lay me down to crawl

Don't go and lose your face
At some stranger's place
And don't forget to breathe
And pay before you leave

Lay me down, the lie will unfurl
Lay me down to crawl
Lay me down, the lie will unfurl
Lay me down to crawl

I thought that "lose your face" was equivalent to "lose face" (i.e. doing something you'd be ashamed of later, like having *** with a stranger) in this context, but now I'm not so sure. Initially, I also thought that the song was about a breakup, but perhaps it's about drugs, and the expression refers to getting high... or maybe the song is about a breakup and drugs. I guess you would have to ask the person who wrote the lyrics.

AliaAhmad · Answer

Thank you everybody for responding.

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