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to spare / save
one's
blushes
/spˈɛɹ sˈeɪv wˈʌnz blˈʌʃᵻz/
phrase
to avoid doing or saying something that would embarrass someone
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to make a spectacle of
oneself
/mˌeɪk ɐ spˈɛktəkəl ʌv wʌnsˈɛlf/
phrase
to behave in a very foolish and embarrassing way in the presence of others
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the ground / floor / earth open up and swallow
sb
/ðə ɡɹˈaʊnd flˈoːɹ ˈɜːθ ˈoʊpən ˌʌp ænd swˈɑːloʊ ˌɛsbˈiː/
sentence
used to wish that one could disappear or not have existed at all so as not to have to tolerate such embarrassment
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(as) red as a beet
/æz ɹˈɛd æz ɐ bˈiːt/
phrase
turning red in the face out of embarrassment
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(as) red as a cherry
/æz ɔːɹ ɹˈɛd æz ɐ tʃˈɛɹi/
phrase
used to describe someone who is extremely red in the face due to embarrassment
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to swallow
one's
pride
/swˈɑːloʊ wˈʌnz pɹˈaɪd/
phrase
to have no choice but to do something that is embarrassing in one's standards
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to put
one's
foot in
one's
mouth
/pˌʊt wˈʌnz fˈʊt ɪn wˈʌnz mˈaʊθ/
phrase
to do or say something that leads to someone's embarrassment
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egg on / all over
one's
face
/hæv ɡɛt ˈɛɡ ˌɑːn ˈɔːl ˌoʊvɚ wˈʌnz fˈeɪs/
phrase
a situation in which one is badly embarrassed because of what one did or said
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to eat dirt
/ˈiːt dˈɜːt/
phrase
to regret or feel bad about what one has said earlier
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to eat humble pie
/ˈiːt hˈʌmbəl pˈaɪ/
phrase
to admit one's mistakes or accept a humiliating situation or defeat
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red in the face
/ɹˈɛd ɪnðə fˈeɪs/
phrase
feeling severely ashamed or embarrassed
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