Understanding どの顔さげて


I'm having some trouble understanding どの顔さげて, specifically in certain context.
I get that it means something along the lines of one should be too ashamed to
meet or face someone, but I saw it used in a way that threw me:

> どの顔下げてドアを開ければいいのか

How should I interpret this line? Would "should I shamelessly open the door?"
be okay? Or is it to be understood another way?




> "I'm having some trouble understanding どの顔さげて, specifically in certain
> context."

I would probably feel the same way myself if I were a Japanese-learner. That
is because 「どの顔さげて」 is a cross between an idiomatic expression and a cuss
phrase, and it is difficult to develop a feeling for the more colorful
expressions in a foreign language.

With the phrase/sentence:

> 「 **どの** 顔下げてドアを開ければいいの **か** 」

I would suggest that you forget the word "shamelessly" for a second (because
it just will not fit in even though it is still highly related in nuance).

Both in meaning and nuance, the phrase in question is very close to:

> "How dare you have the nerve to open that door?"
>
> "How the heck (am I going to / could I) open that door?"




> "I'm having some trouble understanding どの顔さげて, specifically in certain
> context."

I would probably feel the same way myself if I were a Japanese-learner. That
is because 「どの顔さげて」 is a cross between an idiomatic expression and a cuss
phrase, and it is difficult to develop a feeling for the more colorful
expressions in a foreign language.

With the phrase/sentence:

> 「 **どの** 顔下げてドアを開ければいいの **か** 」

I would suggest that you forget the word "shamelessly" for a second (because
it just will not fit in even though it is still highly related in nuance).

Both in meaning and nuance, the phrase in question is very close to:

> "How dare you have the nerve to open that door?"
>
> "How the heck (am I going to / could I) open that door?"

