get a red face

get a red face

To have a feeling or expression of intense embarrassment. He's going to get a red face once he realizes that he mechanic he yelled at over the phone wasn't the one who worked on his car. I sure got a red face after I realized I had accidentally sent that private email to the entire office.
See also: face, get, red
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • a red face
  • give (someone) a red face
  • give a red face
  • blush with
  • blush with (an emotion)
  • come to mention it
  • now (that) you mention it
  • yank away
  • yank away at (something)
  • shadetree mechanic