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egg on your face

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Definition


To be extremely embarrassed.

Context : Social Life
Category: Idiom
Semantic: embarrassment
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Usage of “egg on your face”

  1. I still have egg on my face after my jeans fell down in front of the class.

Examples of idiom “egg on your face” from Twitter
  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'madeinmn'
    madeinmn:

    tired so tired, never put your eggs in one basket you end up with egg on your face.

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'SmartKev'
    SmartKev:

    I honestly think Obama is going to have egg on his face by tomorrow evening. It'll be a close one but in the end something will go awry.