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
Mariahmə-RIE-əEnglish
Melisizwe-Southern African, Xhosa
Kou-Hmong
Jeriah-Biblical
Odilon-French, Portuguese
Meital-Hebrew