put to the blush

put to the blush

To be made to blush, usually from shame or embarrassment. I had to leave the dinner party after being put to the blush by my own mother, who decided that my shortcomings were an appropriate topic of conversation.
See also: blush, put
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • at first blush
  • blush
  • first blush, at
  • shirtless
  • eat crow
  • eat crow/humble pie/dirt, to
  • eat humble pie
  • language that would make a sailor blush
  • hide (one's) face in shame
  • hide face in shame
References in classic literature
'I have never brought myself to mention it openly to you, Mr Headstone, and you're my witness that I couldn't even make up my mind to take it from you before we came out to-night; but it's a painful thing to think that if I get on as well as you hope, I shall be--I won't say disgraced, because I don't mean disgraced—but-- rather put to the blush if it was known--by a sister who has been very good to me.'
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