ذو وجهين

Arabic

Noun

ذُو وَجْهَيْنِ • (ḏū wajhayni) m (feminine ذَات وَجْهَيْنِ (ḏāt wajhayni))

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ذُو (ḏū),‎ وَجْه (wajh).
2. (idiomatic) two-faced, deceitful, hypocritical, duplicitous
   • Hadith

     إِنَّ شَرَّ النَّاسِ ذُو الْوَجْهَيْنِ، الَّذِي يَأْتِي هَؤُلَاءِ بِوَجْهٍ وَهَؤُلَاءِ بِوَجْهٍ

     ʔinna šarra n-nāsi ḏū l-wajhayni, allaḏī yaʔtī haʔulāʔi biwajhin wahaʔulāʔi biwajhin

     Indeed, the two-faced people are evil, [those] who come to some people with one face and to others with another.