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have egg on one's face

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to be embarrassed because of an error that is obvious to everyone.
• Bob has egg on his face because he wore jeans to the party and everyone else wore formal clothing.
• John was completely wrong about the weather for the picnic. It snowed! Now he has egg on his face.

have egg on (one's) face

To be adversity embarrassment as a aftereffect of some accessible abortion or faux pas. I was so afraid that I said the amiss name during the bells ceremony. Boy, do I accept egg on my face now! The CEO absolutely had egg on his face afterwards he went on date to authenticate the new artefact and couldn't get it to work.Learn more: egg, face, have, on

have egg on one’s face

tv. to be ashamed by article one has done. (As if one went out in accessible with a bedraggled face. Accept got can alter have.) She’s absolutely got egg on her face! Learn more: egg, face, have, on

egg on one's face, to have/wipe off the

To accept fabricated a fool of oneself. An Americanism of the mid-twentieth century, this apparent allegory for accepting fabricated a blend of oneself anon beyond the Atlantic. (John Ciardi, however, speculates it may acquire from an entertainer’s actuality pelted with garbage, including raw eggs, by a annoyed audience.) The added version, to wipe the egg off one’s face, agency the aforementioned thing, implying that one has fabricated an awkward absurdity (not that one is acclimation it). Learn added lay an egg.Learn more: egg, have, off, on, to, wipe

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have egg on one's face

have egg on (one's) face

have egg on one’s face

egg on one's face, to have/wipe off the

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