double-faced
adj1
Having two functional faces.
- a double-faced hammer
2
Deceitful; hypocritical; treacherous.
- Fame , if not double-faced , is double-mouthed , And with contrary blast proclaims most deed1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […]”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC:
- A deep-seated misgiving about U.S. Asian policy is spreading among anti-Communists in Southeast Asia, who fear that the Korean truce is the first sign of U.S. withdrawal. In Hong Kong, anti-Communist Chinese newspapers, even those critical of Chiang, now talk about “U.S. double-faced diplomacy.” One said that “Ike and Dulles have stepped right into Acheson’s shoes.”1953 December 7, “ASIA: The Two Anti-Communists”, in TIME:
- Related terms
- speak with a forked tongue