toe-curlingly
adverb
UKinformaluk /ˈtəʊˌkɜː.lɪŋ.li/ us /ˈtoʊˌkɝː.lɪŋ.li/
in a way that makes you feel extremely embarrassed for someone: 非常令人尴尬地，尴尬得让人脚抠地
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。
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toe-curling
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.
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