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Idiom: Paper Bag

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paperbag

Meanings

From paper +‎ bag.

A bag made of paper, especially a firm brown kind intended for use carrying groceries.

Example Sentences

1
She was so nervous about giving her speech that she felt like a deer caught in headlights and wanted to hide her face in a paper bag.
2
He blushed so deeply when his crush entered the room that he wished he could bury his head in a paper bag.
3
After her embarrassing mistake, she wished the ground would open up and swallow her along with a paper bag.
4
The comedian's jokes were so bad that the audience wanted to put paper bags over their heads to hide their laughter.
5
He was so ashamed of his poor grades that he wanted to crawl into a paper bag and never come out.

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