Subscribe To This Site
Egg on your face
Egg on your face
Egg on your face : Phrases
Meaning:
To be embarrassed.
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.