Expression of the Day: alla faccia, a mysterious expression of our everyday language

Nov 26, 2020 968

We all use it, but where does it come from, really? And how should we translate it into English? These are the two, most pressing questions associated with our expression of the day, alla faccia (ahl-la fah-tcha). According to our dictionary, it is a playful expression, often used to mock someone or something we’re saying. 

Probably, alla faccia (which is always  followed by the preposition di and its articulations) comes from a similar locution borrowed from Southern Italian dialects, fare qualcosa alla faccia di qualcuno, that is, to do something blatantly wrong to someone openly, quite literally, in their  face. 

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SOURCE: https://italoamericano.org/

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