sink through the floor

Suffer extreme embarrassment, as in When she called our name on the list of those who owed dues, I sank through the floor. This hyperbolic term dates from the early 1900s.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Josh	JAHSH	English
Flann	FLAN	Irish
Madara	-	Latvian
Eupraxia	-	Ancient Greek
Catahecassa	-	Native American, Shawnee
Friderik	-	Slovene