Question of the Day #619

The shrug overtook last year’s most used emoji, the face palm to take the crown.

From the 6th paragraph of this article at Metro.

上記の文で、face palmの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "face palm" mean?

答えは、コメントに書いてください。
Write your answer in the Comments.

明日、ここに答えを書きます。
I will add the answer and other remarks here tomorrow.

---

解答

意味：
facepalmやface-palmとも書き、今ではfacepalmが多いようで、英辞郎によると、

手のひらで自分の額から鼻を覆う（しぐさ）◆つまらない駄じゃれを聞いた時などに、嫌悪感、羞恥心、不信感を表す。

Answer

According to MacMillan Dictionary:

the action of placing your hand flat across your face in order to show that you are frustrated or embarrassed about something

Examples

• But her body language was not good from the start on Saturday. She face-palmed after missing one forehand early, then shook her head after another errant shot. — Jeff Hartsell
• There's a kind of facepalm moment in the terrific pilot episode of Amazon's terrific new series Transparent when you realize that the title is a pun. — Phil Maciak
• She always does a facepalm when her mother starts asking her about boys.
• The whole thing is full of logical fallacies, non-sequiturs and face-palm moments.
• The team leader does a face palm after the team geek makes a particularly dorky statement.

このサイトが役に立つと思ったら、ぜひ英語に関心のある知り合いとシェアしてください。