English clubs were generally embarrassed in Europe by smarter and slicker opponents and almost everything was decided by the last weekend.
Sketch example: The "Federation of Fatherhood Preparation" in which dads-to-be learn how to tell terrible jokes and be generally embarrassing.
While men-only clubs are generally agreed to be dated and embarrassing, they still exist and, where they do, occasionally cause controversy.
According to sex and relationship therapist Sarah Berry, "farts are generally regarded as funny, gross and/or embarrassing.
For parents, embarrassing their children is generally the least of it.
However, the excommunicated prelate's antics are embarrassing for the Vatican in much deeper ways that is generally recognised.
And then there is that dance, in which sopranos who can sing the role generally embarrass themselves and the audience".
Don't embarrass you, and aren't embarrassed by you.
"You may think that she was clearly embarrassed talking about the offences, despite her generally positive demeanour.
Officials, generally of European ancestry, were embarrassed by the image they might convey abroad.The history of the beautiful game in Latin America can be quite ugly: ethnic divisions within countries and bitter rivalries between them played out on the pitch.
