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be unable to back down with good grace; be unable to get out of an embarrassing situation

xià bu lái tái

下 不 来 台

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v.be unable to back down with good grace; be unable to get out of an embarrassing situation
- cǎi fǎng zhě de wèn tí shǐ tā xià bu lái tái
  采访者的问题使他下不来台。
  The interviewer's questions really put him on the spot.
- tā de chén mò shǐ tā xià bu lái tái
  他的沉默使他下不来台。
  He was discomfited by his silence.
synonym
xià bu liǎo tái下不了台

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