the ground open up and swallow somebody
the (ground|floor|earth) (would open up and|) [swallow] {sb}the (ground|floor|earth) would (open up and|) [swallow] {sb}the ground open up and swallow somebody
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used to wish that one could disappear or not have existed at all so as not to have to tolerate such embarrassment
![the (ground|floor|earth) [open] up and [swallow] {sb} definition and meaning](https://cdn.langeek.co/photo/19596/original/embarrassed?type=jpeg "the (ground|floor|earth) [open] up and [swallow] {sb} definition and meaning")
Idiom
例
After my presentation, he realized his fly had been down the whole time, and he wished the ground would open up and swallow him whole.
At that moment the boss walked in, and I just wanted the ground to open up and swallow me.
