Lingaku- to fall flat on one's face
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- to fall flat on one's face
This phrase is used to describe someone who has failed spectacularly or has made a mistake, often unexpectedly and in a way that is embarrassing.
He forgot his lines during the speech and ended up falling flat on his face.
She invested a lot of time into the project, but in the end, she still fell flat on her face.
Generated collocations (experimental)
zuǐ kěn ní嘴啃泥to fall flat on one's facechè dǐ彻底zuǐ kěn ní嘴啃泥to completely fall flat on one's facezài在bǐ sài比赛Zhōng中zuǐ kěn ní嘴啃泥to fall flat on one's face in the competitiongōng zuò工作Zhōng中zuǐ kěn ní嘴啃泥to fall flat on one's face at workzuǐ kěn ní嘴啃泥de的jīng lì经历experience of falling flat on one's facezuǐ kěn ní嘴啃泥de的jiào xun教训lessons learned from falling flat on one's facezhè这cì次cè shì测试ràng让wǒ我zuǐ kěn ní嘴啃泥this test made me fall flat on my facetōng guò通过zhè这cì次jī huì机会bì miǎn避免zuǐ kěn ní嘴啃泥to avoid falling flat on one's face through this opportunitytā他zuǐ kěn ní嘴啃泥le了he has fallen flat on his facerú hé如何bì miǎn避免zuǐ kěn ní嘴啃泥how to avoid falling flat on one's face