have egg on one’s face

(idiom) to be extremely embarrassed

Example Sentences:

A: Happy Birthday!
B: My birthday was last month!
A: Oh. I really have egg on my face, don’t I?

The teacher had egg on her face when she forgot to give the students their final exam marks.

The nervous businessman hated having egg on his face, so he practiced his presentation many times.

Similar idioms:

1. lose face
2. face the music
3. nest egg
4. do or die
5. run over
6. egg on
7. save face
8. get out of one’s face
9. fly in the face of
10. about face
11. blue in the face
12. cut off one’s nose to spite one’s face