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English idiom of the day:

to get/have egg on your face:

To be humiliated because of your own actions

To look foolish because you failed or were arrogant


Example 1:


Charlene said the exam would be easy so there was no need to study. Well, she really had egg on her face when the results came out. She came lowest in the class!


Example 2:


Jason had egg on his face after loudly declaring he could do fifty push-ups, and then giving up after just twenty.

 
 
 

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