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“Have Egg on Your Face,” “Put Your Foot in it,” and “Sheepish”: Idioms and Phrases for Embarrassing Situations! (English Vocabulary Lesson)

“Have Egg on Your Face,” “Put Your Foot in it,” and “Sheepish”: Idioms and Phrases for Embarrassing Situations! (English Vocabulary Lesson)

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“Have Egg on Your Face,” “Put Your Foot in it,” and “Sheepish”: Idioms and Phrases for Embarrassing Situations! (English Vocabulary Lesson)

FromThinking in English

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13 minutes
Released:
Oct 15, 2021
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Podcast episode

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Do you “Have Egg on Your Face"? Have you “Put Your Foot in it"? Do you feel “Sheepish”? In this episode of Thinking in English, let’s learn some other useful idioms and phrases to describe embarrassment!! 
TRANSCRIPT - https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2021/10/15/have-egg-on-your-face-put-your-foot-in-it-and-sheepish-idioms-and-phrases-for-embarrassing-situations/
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To have egg on your face - “Oh no! My boss found out my mistake and now I have egg on my face!”
 Make a fool (out) of (someone or oneself) - “I’m not going to dance at the work party because I don’t want to make a fool out of myself” 
Put your foot in it - “My Dad put his foot in it when he brought up the topic of politics at a friend’s party!”
 Can’t look (someone) in the eye/face - “I couldn’t look him in the eye after crashing his car.” 
Sheepish - “He looked a little sheepish when he answered her question! 
Red faced - “The boy was red-faced when the teacher made him speak in front of the whole school” 
Wish the ground would open up and swallow me - “I wished the ground would open up and swallow me whole when I forgot the words to my speech” 
Want to curl up and die - “I wanted to curl up and die when I accidentally walked into the girl’s bathroom!”
 Swallow your pride - “She is very independent, so it was difficult for her to swallow her pride and ask for help!”

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Released:
Oct 15, 2021
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