Rachel Heyhoe Flint

(1937-- )

English cricket player

As one door closes, another slams in your face.

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door

[door] See: [AT DEATH'S DOOR], [AT ONE'S DOOR], [CLOSED-DOOR], [CLOSE ITS DOORS], [CLOSE THE DOOR] or [BAR THE DOOR] or [SHUT THE DOOR], [DARKEN ONE'S DOOR] or [DARKEN THE DOOR], […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

close the door

[close the door] or [bar the door] or [shut the door] {v. phr.} To prevent any more action or talk about a subject. * /The President's veto closed the door […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

in one's face

[in one's face] {adv. phr.} 1. Against your face. * /The trick cigar blew up in the clown's face./ * /A cold wind was in our faces as we walked […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

face

[face] See: [BLUE IN THE FACE], [CUT OFF ONE'S NOSE TO SPITE ONE'S FACE], [FLY IN THE FACE OF], [HATCHET FACE], [HIDE ONE'S FACE], [IN ONE'S FACE], [IN THE FACE […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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back away

[back away] {v.} To act to avoid or lessen one's involvement in something; draw or turn back; retreat. * /The townspeople […]