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. hot under the collar
3. blue in the face
4. face the music
5. nest egg
6. stuff your face
7. do or die
8. egg on
9. save face
10. get out of one’s face
11. fly in the face of
12. about face
13. cut off one’s nose to spite one’s face