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calm
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 Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 1:05 pm Post subject: idiom |
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| hi. please tell me what this idiom means in this sentence : Jack has egg on his face because he couldn't rememeber how to spell "Batman". Thanks. |
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cgage2
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| Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 4:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Having food on your face is a symbol of embarrassment. We'll have to ask and see if anyone knows the exact derivation. |
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Lorikeet
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| Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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| cgage2 wrote: |
| Having food on your face is a symbol of embarrassment. We'll have to ask and see if anyone knows the exact derivation. |
http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-egg2.htm |
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calm
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| Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 11:44 pm Post subject: |
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 thanks a lot |
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