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egg on your face
USUK
looking foolish because something you did or said went wrong in public
Usually 'have egg on your face' or 'be left with egg on your face'. Common in news about public mistakes.
In context
The company was left with egg on its face after the product failed in public.
If you promise results you can't deliver, you'll end up with egg on your face.
More idioms about food
- a bad appleone bad person who has a bad effect on the rest of a group
- a couch potatoa person who spends a lot of time sitting and watching TV instead of being active
- a different kettle of fisha completely different situation from the one just mentioned
- a finger in every pieinvolved in many different activities, often to get power
- a meal ticketa person or thing that someone uses as a source of money or support