fall flat on your face (fā ěr fū lěi àn nǐ de fèi sī)

Idiom Mistake

含义

to fail completely in an embarrassing way

以令人尴尬的方式彻底失败 (yǐ lìng rén gān gà de fāng shì chè dǐ shī bài)

例句

"He fell flat on his face during his first business attempt."

"他在第一次商业尝试中完全失败了。" (Tā zài dì yī cì shāngyè cháng shì zhōng wánquán shībài le.)