Idiom
crawl into a hole
Meaning
To hide or disappear due to feelings of extreme embarrassment, shame, or helplessness; to withdraw from reality.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I felt so embarrassed that I wanted to crawl into a hole.”
“After tripping on stage in front of the whole school, he just wanted to crawl into a hole and disappear.”
“Following the public failure of his long-term project, he felt such profound shame that he wished he could simply crawl into a hole and hide from the world.”
Examples
simple
“I felt so embarrassed that I wanted to crawl into a hole.”
contextual
“After tripping on stage in front of the whole school, he just wanted to crawl into a hole and disappear.”
complex
“Following the public failure of his long-term project, he felt such profound shame that he wished he could simply crawl into a hole and hide from the world.”
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