No saber dónde meterse

To want the ground to swallow you up / To be mortified

Idioms & Sayings

Notes & Usage:

Literally 'not to know where to put oneself'. Describes extreme embarrassment where you wish you could disappear.

Cuando se cayó delante de todos no sabía dónde meterse.

When she fell in front of everyone she wanted the ground to swallow her up.

Me equivoqué de nombre y no sabía dónde meterme.

I said the wrong name and I wanted the ground to swallow me up.

—¿Cómo te sentiste? —Sin saber dónde meterme, fue horrible.

—How did you feel? —I was mortified, it was awful.

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