Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

A face in the crowd

English answer:

just a person you don't know

Added to glossary by Nasima Sarwar
May 25, 2004 01:01
20 yrs ago
English term

A face in the crowd

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A face in the crowd - does this saying refer to a 'commoner'

Responses

+5
4 mins
Selected

just a person you don't know

Just another person among many you don't know.
Peer comment(s):

agree NancyLynn
7 mins
agree Olliespost : One in a million.
53 mins
agree Alfa Trans (X)
3 hrs
agree Orla Ryan : could be anybody
7 hrs
agree Randa Farhat
2 days 9 hrs
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+4
7 mins

one of the multitudes

does not refer to a commoner
Peer comment(s):

agree NancyLynn
4 mins
thanks NancyLynn :-)
agree A_G_A
41 mins
thanks AGA!
agree Patricia Baldwin : you go girl!
1 hr
thanks, cool photo :-)
agree Alfa Trans (X)
3 hrs
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+11
10 mins

an anonymous person

a stranger

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Note added at 11 mins (2004-05-25 01:13:57 GMT)
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not a classist statement
it doesn\'t mean a commoner
Peer comment(s):

agree sarahl (X) : or Thierry La Fée
5 mins
un gars dans la foule
agree RHELLER : silly me! I thought royalty was a thing of the past :-)))
10 mins
ben non! Happy Victoria Day to you too ;-)
agree Rajan Chopra
31 mins
Thanks!
agree Vicky Papaprodromou
35 mins
thanks Vicky!
agree Julie Roy
51 mins
thanks Julie!
agree nlingua
2 hrs
thanks nlingua!
agree Alfa Trans (X)
3 hrs
agree jerrie
3 hrs
agree vixen
7 hrs
agree nothing
8 hrs
agree ben baudoin
10 hrs
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