Emotions & feelings
die of embarrassment
feel extremely embarrassed
If you say you could die of embarrassment, you mean you feel extremely embarrassed, not that you will actually die.
Hear it in real life
Did anyone notice you dropped the cake?
Everyone noticed. I could have died of embarrassment.
I nearly died of embarrassment when I called my teacher by the wrong name.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I nearly died ‸ embarrassment when everyone laughed.
Say: I nearly died of embarrassment when everyone laughed.
The fixed expression needs the preposition "of" before "embarrassment."
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How it fits in a sentence.
die of embarrassment; nearly die of embarrassment
Your turn: say it out loud
I nearly died of embarrassment when I called my teacher by the wrong name.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
die of embarrassment
feel extremely embarrassed
“I nearly died of embarrassment when I called my teacher by the wrong name.”
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