"to have egg on your face"
definition: to be embarrassed.
(vypadat hloupe/jako hlupák; být za vola)
example: "Make sure you have your story straight - go public without the facts and you will have egg on your face."
origin: From the embarrassment suffered if the yellow yoke is on ones lips or beard after eating a soft boiled egg in one of those egg cups, a favorite breakfast of the upper crust. Yellow egg shows up especially well on a beard or mustache.
definition: to be embarrassed.
(vypadat hloupe/jako hlupák; být za vola)
example: "Make sure you have your story straight - go public without the facts and you will have egg on your face."
origin: From the embarrassment suffered if the yellow yoke is on ones lips or beard after eating a soft boiled egg in one of those egg cups, a favorite breakfast of the upper crust. Yellow egg shows up especially well on a beard or mustache.
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