The Couri style of Haiti, by contrast, was characterized by chipped stone, especially the so-called Couri dagger, flaked on one face and with a flat back.
I imagine some of them, at the end of a long day, catching a glimpse of themselves reflected in a glass, when this leaning forward then provokes a kind of paralyzing panic — a fear of falling forward, flat on one's face! (Like the panic sometimes visible on the faces of those suffering from Parkinson's).
Attempting to accomplish anything of significance will always incur numerous knockbacks and, more often than we might like, falling flat on one's face.
They are just itching for Trump to fall flat on his face in this one.
He's been around for a number of years, has represented his constituents well in matters of overdevelopment in our area, but falls flat on his face in this one.
One participant felt that too much hype about new ways of working can often be a harbinger of failure: "The organisations that have fallen flat on their face are the ones that have announced a great new model, such as Barnet or Suffolk [councils].
But they'd tied my shoelaces together, so I took one step and fell flat on my face.
With all eyes on No. 1 Kentucky and all minds pondering whether the Wildcats will continue through the NCAA Tournament undefeated, a lot of people were probably watching when one poor referee fell flat on his face during Thursday's Sweet 16 game against No. 5 West Virginia.
He fell on one knee, then, with a groan, flat on his face in the grass.
If those things go from underneath you, you're only going to end up one way, and that's flat on your face or flat on your backside.
