Naked Translations posted To have an egg on one’s face. How gross and gooey! This post discussed the possible origins of the expression, which generally means to embarrass oneself, or in college terms, make an ass out of oneself. No matter the origin, whether from eggs thrown at the theater, hardening onto diner dishes, or because your dog got into the chicken coop again, this expression leaves me mildly disturbed.
I can think of few things worse than raw egg on my face. Okay, so I know it is an expression and there is no egg on anyone’s face, but I cannot help but think of a real egg. Raw eggs just gross me out, which says a bunch because few things ever do in fact disgust me. I must get it from my mother. My dad makes fun of us and our squeamish tendencies towards eggs and our obsession with removing the squiggles before cooking or baking. Though, I know plenty of other people who remove the squiggles too, some at my influences of course.
Still, couldn’t people come up with a better food than eggs to have running down one’s face. Perhaps something that would look sillier? There is nothing silly about eggs, unless you are playing with them cooked. If people supposedly used to thrown rotten foods at bad performers, then why can’t the expression include something of the sort. Rotten food on a face is more humiliating than an egg. I would definitely have been more embarrassed to walk around with rotting food than some egg.
3 comments:
I think the expression might be an old one. I know I've heard it before. Anyway, yeah I don't really understand how that would come about but I suppose people use it.
-Sean
It is an old expression, but I still don't like it! :)
Whether you like the expression or not, or the thought or not you could always try to see it in a positive light. Try thinking about all the stuff that would be worse than having "egg on your face" "diarreah on your face" anyone?
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