Is there any difference between the followings?
He beat me in the face.
He beat me around the face.
Thank you.
2007-08-09 20:59:27 · 3 answers · asked by Taro K 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
when i think in the face i think nose lips eyes. aroound makes me thing ears cheecks forhead chin.
i can see a slight difference
2007-08-09 21:07:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really. You'll also see "he beat me about the face" and "he beat me about the head and shoulders". They're all basically the same thing, a beating focused mainly on the head area.
2007-08-09 21:15:31 · answer #2 · answered by SuZie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm an American, and we would tend to say "He punched me in the face" or if it's not just one blow "He punched me in the face repeatedly"... But that is not to say that we are unfamiliar with the terminology. It's just a little uncommon. But to say "He beat me around the face" sounds a little bit odd; it pretty clearly means that instead of actually punching your face, he punched in the area surrounding your face. "around" is a little funny that way... it can mean actually "in" a location, like "we travelled around Texas", or it can mean nearby a location, surrounding it, encircling it. (Like "We built a fence around our yard.") dani's answer above is correct.
2007-08-09 21:11:43 · answer #3 · answered by The Instigator 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋