"egg on one's face" meaning in English

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        {
          "text": "He really has egg on his face after that gaffe.",
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        {
          "ref": "2007 April 1, “Bishop blocks gay youth worker's job”, in The Observer:",
          "text": "I hope the bishop of Hereford comes out of this with a great deal of egg on his face.",
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      "glosses": [
        "Embarrassment or humiliation; damage to one's reputation."
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          "Embarrassment",
          "embarrassment"
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          "humiliation",
          "humiliation"
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          "damage",
          "damage"
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          "reputation",
          "reputation"
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        "(informal) Embarrassment or humiliation; damage to one's reputation."
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      "related": [
        {
          "word": "lose face"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "miànshàngwúguāng",
          "sense": "suffer embarrassment or humiliation",
          "word": "面上無光 /面上无光"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chūchǒu",
          "sense": "suffer embarrassment or humiliation",
          "word": "出醜 /出丑"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "suffer embarrassment or humiliation",
          "word": "een figuur slaan"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "suffer embarrassment or humiliation",
          "word": "tahrata maineensa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "suffer embarrassment or humiliation",
          "word": "être en porte-à-faux"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "suffer embarrassment or humiliation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Schamesröte im Gesicht"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "suffer embarrassment or humiliation",
          "word": "fare una figuraccia"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "udáritʹ v grjazʹ licom",
          "sense": "suffer embarrassment or humiliation",
          "word": "уда́рить в грязь лицом"
        }
      ]
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  "word": "egg on one's face"
}

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  "pos": "noun",
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      "word": "lose face"
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        "(informal) Embarrassment or humiliation; damage to one's reputation."
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "miànshàngwúguāng",
      "sense": "suffer embarrassment or humiliation",
      "word": "面上無光 /面上无光"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chūchǒu",
      "sense": "suffer embarrassment or humiliation",
      "word": "出醜 /出丑"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "suffer embarrassment or humiliation",
      "word": "een figuur slaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "suffer embarrassment or humiliation",
      "word": "tahrata maineensa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "suffer embarrassment or humiliation",
      "word": "être en porte-à-faux"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "suffer embarrassment or humiliation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schamesröte im Gesicht"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "suffer embarrassment or humiliation",
      "word": "fare una figuraccia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "udáritʹ v grjazʹ licom",
      "sense": "suffer embarrassment or humiliation",
      "word": "уда́рить в грязь лицом"
    }
  ],
  "word": "egg on one's face"
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