idiomC2todecideto do somethingalthoughit will make youfeelembarrassedorashamed:咽下这口气He wasforcedtoswallowhisprideandaskif he could have hisoldjobback.他被迫咽下这口气,请求要回自己的工作。SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesAshamed and embarrassed
abash
abashed
ashamed
awkward
awkwardly
egg
guiltiness
hangdog
have egg onyourfaceidiom
humbling
look
looksomeonein the eye/faceidiom
meet
mortifying
not know where to putyourselfidiom
pride
shamefaced
shamefacedly
smallness
squirm
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