Emotions & feelings
want the ground to swallow you up
feel extremely embarrassed
If you want the ground to swallow you up, you feel so embarrassed that you wish you could disappear.
Hear it in real life
What happened when you dropped the cake?
Everyone laughed, and I wanted the ground to swallow me up.
When I forgot my friend's name, I wanted the ground to swallow me up.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: want the ground to eat me
Say: want the ground to swallow me up
The fixed image uses "swallow ... up," not the literal verb "eat."
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
want the ground to swallow me up; wanted the ground to swallow her up
Your turn: say it out loud
When I forgot my friend's name, I wanted the ground to swallow me up.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
want the ground to swallow you up
feel extremely embarrassed
“When I forgot my friend's name, I wanted the ground to swallow me up.”
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