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
Kohaku	ko-hah-koo	Japanese
Adkin	['ædkin]
Aniketos	-	Greek, Ancient Greek
Krystyn	KRIS-tin	Polish
Cholpon	-	Kyrgyz
Ji-U	jee-oo	Korean