Face Palm

See http://www.facepalm.org/ for a wide-ranging collection of images, each of which convey this idiom without speaking.

I like the sheer ambiguity of it. One never knows if someone is overwhelmed by the seemingly stupid action of another or by a serious mistake one has committed oneself or by the expectation of the disaster they see coming from one of these or other sources or if it is a gesture of deep thinking. And remember: AlmostNeverDeleteHumor --ManorainjanHolzapfel

EditHint: Delete this topic. It's rude and vague, contributing nothing constructive to conversations.

EditHint: Keep this topic. It's succinct and eloquent in a way that no amount of text can achieve.