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Utforska engelska idiom angående skam och pinsamhet med exempel som "ät ödmjuk paj" och "röd i ansiktet".
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to spare one's blushes
to avoid doing or saying something that would embarrass someone
[Fras]
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to make a spectacle of oneself
to behave in a very foolish and embarrassing way in the presence of others
[Fras]
the ground open up and swallow somebody
used to wish that one could disappear or not have existed at all so as not to have to tolerate such embarrassment
[Mening]
(as) red as a cherry
used to describe someone who is extremely red in the face due to embarrassment
[Fras]
to swallow one's pride
to have no choice but to do something that is embarrassing in one's standards
[Fras]
to put one's foot in one's mouth
to do or say something that leads to someone's embarrassment
[Fras]
egg on one's face
a situation in which one is badly embarrassed because of what one did or said
[Fras]
to eat humble pie
to admit one's mistakes or accept a humiliating situation or defeat
[Fras]
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