egg on one's face
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Attested by 1948.
Noun[edit]
egg on one's face (uncountable)
- (informal) Embarrassment or humiliation; damage to one's reputation.
- He really has egg on his face after that gaffe.
- 2007 April 1, “Bishop blocks gay youth worker's job”, in The Observer[1]:
- I hope the bishop of Hereford comes out of this with a great deal of egg on his face.
Translations[edit]
- Note: These are translations for the verb phrase "have egg on one's face".
suffer embarrassment or humiliation
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