- egg on my face
- embarrassed, outsmarted
I made a deal with Jake and ended up with egg on my face.
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egg on my face
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egg on your face — ◇ If you have egg on your face you appear foolish, usually because something that you said would happen has not happened. The unexpected election result left a lot of journalists with egg on their faces. • • • Main Entry: ↑egg egg on your face… … Useful english dictionary
egg on your face — If someone has egg on their face, they are made to look foolish or embarrassed … The small dictionary of idiomes
Egg on your face — If someone has egg on their face, they are made to look foolish or embarrassed … Dictionary of English idioms
have egg on your face — have egg on (your) face informal to seem stupid because of something you have done. You ll be the one who has egg on your face if it goes wrong … New idioms dictionary
have egg on your face — have/get/egg on your face informal phrase to be embarrassed or appear stupid because something that you tried to do has gone wrong They found themselves out of pocket and with egg on their faces. Thesaurus: to be, or to become ashamed or… … Useful english dictionary
get egg on your face — have/get/egg on your face informal phrase to be embarrassed or appear stupid because something that you tried to do has gone wrong They found themselves out of pocket and with egg on their faces. Thesaurus: to be, or to become ashamed or… … Useful english dictionary
egg — egg1 W2S1 [eg] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(bird)¦ 2¦(food)¦ 3¦(egg shape)¦ 4¦(animals/people)¦ 5 (have) egg on your face 6 put all your eggs in one basket 7 lay an egg 8 good egg ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; : Old Nors] … Dictionary of contemporary English
egg — [[t]e̱g[/t]] ♦♦ eggs, egging, egged 1) N COUNT An egg is an oval object that is produced by a female bird and which contains a baby bird. Other animals such as reptiles and fish also lay eggs. ...a baby bird hatching from its egg. ...ant eggs. 2) … English dictionary
egg — 1 /eg/ noun 1 BIRDS (C) a round object with a hard surface, that contains a baby bird, snake, insect etc and which is made by a female bird, snake, or insect: Blackbirds usually lay their eggs in March. | an ostrich egg 2 FOOD (C, U) an egg,… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
egg — {{11}}egg (n.) mid 14c., from northern England dialect, from O.N. egg, which vied with M.E. eye, eai (from O.E. æg) until finally displacing it after 1500; both are from P.Gmc. *ajja(m) (Cf. O.S., M.Du., Du., O.H.G., Ger. ei, Goth. ada), probably … Etymology dictionary
