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have egg on your face
idiom informal
If you have egg on your face, you look stupid because of something that you have done: （某人）丢脸，（某人）出丑
This latest scandal has left the government with egg on its face.最近的这次丑闻让政府丢尽了脸面。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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abash
abashed
ashamed
awkward
awkwardly
guiltily
guiltiness
hangdog
humbling
humblingly
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pride
self-mortification
sheepishness
silly
smallness
squirm
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have egg on your face | American Dictionary
have egg on your face
idiom
to be very embarrassed because of something you said or did:
He told everyone the deal was happening, and if it falls through now he’ll have egg on his face.
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