with egg on (one's) face



with egg on (one's) face

Extremely embarrassed or humiliated due to some failure or faux pas. I was left with egg on my face after I fell off the stage in front of all those people.
See also: egg, face, on

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
JozefYO-zəf (Dutch)Slovak, Dutch
CadeKAYDEnglish
Orli-Hebrew
Ursus-Late Roman
Ilyaeel-YAHRussian
Escobar[es'kɔvɔr]