Daily English Idioms Egg on your face

egg on your face welcome to day three of

the special edition of speak English

with Tiffany I am teacher Tiffany and in

this episode I will teach you exactly

how to use the English body idiom egg on

your face are you ready

well then let’s jump right in

the idiom egg on your face can be

defined in three different ways

the first definition of this idiom is to

look foolish the second definition of

this idiom is to be embarrassed and the

third definition of this idiom is to

look stupid because of something that

you have done so whenever you think of

the face you can also think of the

English idiom egg on your face

now let’s see how you can practically

use this idiom in real life first you

can use egg on your face

when someone is being arrogant when

someone is being arrogant sometimes

their words do not match their actions

and then they get embarrassed at these

times the idiom can be used like this

Matthew had egg on his face

after saying he could easily do 50

pushups and then giving up after doing

just 25 second you can use egg on your

face when someone is being hasty or

impatient when someone is being hasty

they can easily make a mistake and

regret their actions at these times the

idiom can be used like this the

policeman had egg on his face because he

arrested and beat up an innocent guy

third you can use egg on your face when

someone is bragging when someone is

bragging

they usually exaggerate and say things

that they will regret at these times the

idiom can be used like this Sarah had

egg on her face after saying she was

much better than everyone else in math

and then receiving the lowest score on

the final math test fourth you can use

egg on your face when someone is totally

wrong when someone is totally wrong they

usually try to prove their point even

though they know the truth at these

times the idiom can be used like this I

was completely wrong and now I have egg

on my face and finally fifth you can use

egg on your face when you are

overwhelmed we usually get overwhelmed

when we take on too much responsibility

at these times the idiom can be used

like this if the computer issues

continue the manager will have egg on

his face egg on your face use it today

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