flush with shame

flush with shame

Red face and red neck, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is mi à NH ó NGJ à ngch à, which means to describe the face reddening due to excitement or shame. The same as "red face and red ears". From Yu Shi Ming Yan.

Analysis of Idioms

Red face and red ears

The origin of Idioms

The fourth volume of Yu Shi Ming Yan written by Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty: "if someone fails to meet the current affairs and catches the air and picks a flower and a pistil, then the old man will have a red face and a red neck and a sore throat."

Idiom usage

Used as an adverbial or attributive; used in excitement or anger. Chapter 58 of Zhang Chunfan's "Nine Tailed turtle" in Qing Dynasty: "Xiao Jingyuan heard that, he promised to come out there. He was silent and forced to blush."