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释义 | IDIOMSLANG EMBARRASSMENT have egg on one's face to be embarrassed because of an error that is obvious to everyone.Bob has egg on his face because he wore jeans to the party and everyone else wore formal clothing.John was completely wrong about the weather for the picnic. It snowed! Now he has egg on his face. have foot-in-mouth disease to embarrass oneself through a silly verbal blunder. (Informal. This is a parody on foot-and-mouth disease or hoof-and-mouth disease, which affects cattle and deer. Fixed order.)I'm sorry I keep saying stupid things. I guess I have foot-in-mouth disease.Yes, you really have foot-in-mouth disease tonight. red in the face embarrassed.After we found Ann hiding in the closet, she became red in the face.The speaker kept making errors and became red in the face. |
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