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Feelings - Shame & Embarrassment

Explore English idioms regarding shame and embarrassment with examples like "eat humble pie" and "red in the face".

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English idioms related to Feelings
to spare one's blushes

to avoid doing or saying something that would embarrass someone

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to make a spectacle of oneself

to behave in a very foolish and embarrassing way in the presence of others

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the ground open up and swallow sb

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

turning red in the face out of embarrassment

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(as) red as a cherry

used to describe someone who is extremely red in the face due to embarrassment

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to swallow one's pride

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

to do or say something that leads to someone's embarrassment

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egg on one's face

a situation in which one is badly embarrassed because of what one did or said

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to eat dirt

to regret or feel bad about what one has said earlier

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to eat humble pie

to admit one's mistakes or accept a humiliating situation or defeat

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red in the face

feeling severely ashamed or embarrassed

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