I'm not sure what connection you think there is between "feeling despised in front of your ex" and "having egg on one's face".Hi,Is there any verb (especially in a passive form) to mean the same as this idiom? Can we say, 'he was/felt despised in front of his ex'?
I'm not sure what connection you think there is between "feeling despised in front of your ex" and "having egg on one's face".
If you have egg on your face, you are embarrassed for some reason.
Despised = hated
Ex = ex-girlfriend/boyfriend/wife/husband.
I can't come up with any way the two phrases could be connected.