toe-curlingly
adverb UK informal uk/ˈtəʊˌkɜː.lɪŋ.li/ us/ˈtoʊˌkɝː.lɪŋ.li/
非常令人尴尬地,尴尬得让人脚抠地
in a way that makes you feel extremely embarrassed for someone
Why are most media interviews so toe-curlingly embarrassing? 为什么大多数媒体采访都令人尴尬到脚抠地?
She was in a string of toe-curlingly bad films. 她出演了一连串令人尴尬得脚抠地的烂片。
See: toe-curling
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- It's one of the most toe-curlingly awful adverts of the year.
- The programme was toe-curlingly painful to watch.
- The third series of the reality show is predicted to be just as toe-curlingly revealing as the last two.