Preface

The English Language is bespeckled with such a delicious array of words and phrases. Speaking this global business language as a first language, I thought I knew enough English vocabulary to survive most books and conversations. But after a mere few days at my first real job, I felt like a foreigner, unable to understand many of the phrases other co-workers were using. What are these things called "idioms"? Did they just spring up within the past year? Why I wasn't taught these growing up?

This a blog to capture my frustration with the language I thought I knew so well, to aide those who also lack an understanding of idioms, and to perhaps provide a bit of entertainment on the side.

Enjoy.


Monday, March 17, 2008

Have Egg on One's Face

"Yea, you'll have egg on your face."
?????
Since I've not had eggs today, I can only assume he is yet again shoving it in my face that I'm an idiot.

I look up "have an egg...." and it did not appear in my dictionary! HA HA! Another made-up phrase. But wait, that's not the correct wording. Scratch the "an". *gah*

From Spear's Dictionary:
Egg on one's face:
Fig:To be embarrassed by something on has done. (As if one went out in public with a dirty face.)

I was completely wrong, and now I have egg on my face.

She's really got egg on her face!



So... this reminds me of "Something About Mary" and the "hair gel"... maybe like that...


have egg on one's face
My Score Card for this idiom:
Able to be understood initially?: no. Egg?
Able to be understood once explained?: yes, but why egg? is it really that messy? It'd be more understandable to have something black between your teeth. or chocolate on the face.



Yours truly,
One who doesn't understand the true mess of egg
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