The LINGUA FRANCA Sprachschule blog is today introducing you to an idiom that is all about taking responsibility for your actions.<\/p>\n
We recently made an offer for a really big, important project. But there was a mistake in the price calculation, which meant we were too expensive. As a result, the project was awarded to our competitor. Nobody in our company knows who was responsible for the mistake – except me. Because I made the mistake. Now I have to decide whether to keep my mouth shut and hope no one finds out or face the music (geradestehen)<\/em> and tell my boss I made the mistake.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Like so many idioms, the origins of face the music<\/em> are uncertain. The explanation that seems most plausible to me comes from the military world. Traditionally, when a soldier was expelled from the army for dishonourable behaviour, his exit would be accompanied by the playing of drums (see illustration). To face the music<\/em> being played by the drums was to take the responsibility for your mistakes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"