Have you ever had an egg on your face?

Today’s English
July 14th, 2017

Man is a prisoner of circumstances and a victim to his own desires, needs, responsibilities, feelings, emotions and hereditary imprints.    These situations are unseen and unpredictable forces which make a conscious person feel ashamed of himself for what they have done or about a particular quality in their character. How to express these situations and feelings in English is what matters today.

1. I felt ashamed of myself for hurting my parents/ colleagues / friends.

2. Why do you worry? There is nothing to be ashamed of.

3. He had a guilty conscience and couldn’t sleep.

4. They felt guilty of their poor performance on the stage.

5. I was embarrassed about my height/ black complexion/ zero knowledge.

6. He felt financially embarrassed when they collected money.

7. She felt conscience-stricken when she was arrested for getting bribes.

8. He looked shamefaced while being caught red-handed.

9. I’m very sorry for using your computer in your absence.

10. I have never been insulted /humiliated in my life like this.

If you feel stupid for something wrong you have done, people say that you “have egg on your face.”

1. He had an egg on his face while criticized for the grave errors in the project.
2. Do you know how he looked then? He almost had an egg on his face.

When you don’t have the available data or if your work is incomplete, you often “don’t know where to put yourself “especially when your boss calls you.

1. When the manager asked for the data, I didn’t know where to put myself.
2. She just kept silent and didn’t know where to put herself while the inspection committee questioned.

If you are angry with somebody and shout at them, often using offensive language, it is said in English that you “give them a mouthful”

1. The taxi driver stopped for a while and gave the cyclist a mouthful.
2. It seems, the boss has given you a mouthful. Tell me what happened.

“Soul, if you want to learn secrets,

your heart must forget about
shame
 and dignity.
You are God's lover,

yet you worry
what people
are saying.”
- Jalaluddin Rumi, “The Essential Rumi”
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