"have egg on your face" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 出醜
• 丟臉

Definition

因為犯錯或做了傻事而感到尷尬，尤其是在別人面前。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

這是非正式的慣用語，常用於描述因犯小錯而尷尬的情境，不用於嚴重或悲慘的錯誤。可用“出醜”、“丟臉”來表示。

Examples

After saying the wrong name, he had egg on his face.

他說錯名字之後，**出醜了**。

The coach had egg on his face when his team lost easily.

教練在他的隊輕鬆輸掉後**丟了臉**。

She had egg on her face after forgetting her speech.

她忘詞後**很尷尬**。

Wow, talk about having egg on your face—he bragged about his cooking, then burned the dinner!

哇，真是**出醜**了—他還吹噓廚藝，結果把晚餐燒焦了！

When the mistake was found, the whole team had egg on their face in front of the boss.

錯誤被發現後，整個團隊在老闆面前**很丟臉**。

I thought my answer was correct, but when the teacher laughed, I had egg on my face.

我以為我的答案對了，老師笑了以後我**很尷尬**。