Meaning of rub one's face with a brass candlestick | Babel Free

Definitions

To (prepare to) be very brazen or impudent.

archaic, colloquial

Examples

“Every step you take you proclaim yourself the father of him who rubbed his face with a brass candlestick”

“"Why, Walsher," said Mr. Stubber, "how many times a day do you rub your face with a brass candlestick? Why, I lent you a pony when you were stumped, and you carried off a cool hundred."”

“After dinner, I metaphorically rubbed my face with a brass candlestick and became bold enough to ask him to let me read something for him, for the sake of his suggestions and criticism.”

CEFR level