{"id":238946,"date":"2017-03-24T15:32:16","date_gmt":"2017-03-24T15:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/gsi_study_guides\/ielts-idiom-face-music\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T23:30:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T07:30:50","slug":"ielts-idiom-face-music","status":"publish","type":"gsi_study_guides","link":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/study-in-uk\/study-guides\/ielts-idiom-face-music\/","title":{"rendered":"IELTS idiom of the week: Face the Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h2>Idiom:\u00a0Face the music<\/h2>\n<p>To accept the consequences of an action.<\/p>\n<h3>Face the music idiom example<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A:\u00a0<\/strong>Is there any way you can tell him instead? He\u2019s going to be really angry with me when he finds out I broke his camera.<\/li>\n<li><strong>B:\u00a0<\/strong>No, I\u2019m afraid not. You took it without asking, and now you need to face the music.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Face the music\u00a0IELTS example<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Question:\u00a0<\/strong>How do you think parents should discipline their children?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Answer:\u00a0<\/strong>I think that depends on the parent and the seriousness of the child\u2019s behaviour. Maybe reducing a child\u2019s privileges or not letting them go out and play is a good way to punish them. I don\u2019t think parents should hit children as that sends a very negative message, but I also think they shouldn\u2019t send the message that there are no consequences to doing something wrong. Children need to understand that they have to <strong>face the music<\/strong> when they misbehave and that they will be punished for it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Study IELTS in London or Manchester<\/h2>\n<p>Do you want to improve your English and study cheap and flexible part-time IELTS classes in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/study-in-uk\/institutes\/\">London<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/study-in-uk\/institutes\/\">Manchester<\/a>? Visit our Language Centre today to learn more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"study-guide-destinations":[24],"study-guide-canada-categories":[],"study-guide-australia-categories":[],"study-guide-usa-categories":[],"study-guide-uk-categories":[40],"study-guide-nz-categories":[],"study-guide-ireland-categories":[],"class_list":["post-238946","gsi_study_guides","type-gsi_study_guides","status-publish","hentry","study-guide-destinations-study-in-uk","study-guide-uk-categories-ielts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gsi_study_guides\/238946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gsi_study_guides"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/gsi_study_guides"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"study-guide-destinations","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-destinations?post=238946"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-canada-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-canada-categories?post=238946"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-australia-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-australia-categories?post=238946"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-usa-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-usa-categories?post=238946"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-uk-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-uk-categories?post=238946"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-nz-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-nz-categories?post=238946"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-ireland-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-ireland-categories?post=238946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}