בְּמֵצַח נְחוּשָׁה (מִצְחוֹ נְחוּשָׁה)

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Insolent / Shameless / "Brazen-faced"

הגדרה (אנגלית)

With audacity. In stubborn boldness. Without fear of the law (a metaphor for the facial expression seen on a raised forehead. “Nehusha” means made of copper).

("I knew that you are hard, and your neck is of iron, and your forehead is brazen-faced" – Isaiah 38:4; also: "I overcame the feeling of shame and spoke with a brazen forehead" – Y. Borla / Kisufim, 79; and: "And the judge stood with a brazen forehead to listen" – S. Y. Agnon / Stories of the Baal Shem Tov, the rabbi and the wicked judge)