englishing.app
Interface Language
EN English BN বাংলা HI हिन्दी ES Español FR Français DE Deutsch RU Русский ZH 简体中文 JA 日本語
Content Language
Same as website language EN English BN Bengali HI Hindi ES Spanish FR French DE German RU Russian ZH Chinese JA Japanese
Login
Home Courses Vocabularies PDF Videos

to fall flat on one's face

Idiom Mistake

Meaning

to fail completely or embarrass oneself

Example Sentences

"The comedian fell flat on his face when no one laughed."

Related Expressions

take it or leave it

showing indifference about accepting or rejecting something

give someone a warm welcome

to greet someone very kindly and enthusiastically

see eye to eye

to agree with someone

don’t count your chickens before they hatch

don’t assume something will happen before it actually does

Bet your bottom dollar

To be very sure or confident about something.

bored to death

extremely bored