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From: Enrico C <enrico.c@spamcop.net>
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Subject: Re: Idioms of shame.
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 10:58:00 +0100
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> Enrico C <enrico.c@spamcop.net> wrote in message news:<1ossdgjdr835p.dlg@news.lillathedog.net>...
>>> I'd be very grateful if you could support
>>> me with some idioms/metaphors of shame.
>> To put to the blush
>
> Thanx. Anything more?
to turn red
to seek a hole in which to hide
to sit on thorns (to be in an embarrassing situation)
"to carry a Scarlet letter"
(Puritans used a scarlet "A" as the stigma of adultery).
a shrinking violet (a bashful or shy person)
"He was such a shrinking violet in high school, he couldn't ask a girl
out on a date."
example from http://cleanfun.cz/efl/
to feel small
Example:
"Shame makes one feel small, inferior, insignificant, or unworthy."
http://www.briceandbensa.com/ThePainofShame.htm
(that's an interesting reading about "shame", by the way)
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Enrico C
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