The British, of course, are capable of being embarrassed by anybody, and that they are embarrassed by Lewis does not prove that he is embarrassing.
At heart most of us are frightful of being mocked, horrified of the prospect of embarrassment and utterly unable to cope with the actualities of being embarrassed, and that means that things like the Macarena are more helpful, more genuinely useful than they initially seem.
"Scared of being embarrassed.
First, however, the department minimized the chances of being embarrassed.
"The people of South Carolina are tired of being embarrassed by combative, press conference-driven politicians".
But what she found most disconcerting was that students, instead of being embarrassed, felt grateful.
Even the possibility of being embarrassed by a leak will discourage some people from running for office.
The author, Victor Ostrovsky, a former Mossad agent, said the Israelis were only in danger of being embarrassed.
Others might consider it an overreaction to his own uncontrolled fear of being embarrassed by the Mets.
But the idea, personally, of being embarrassed in public, that's the worst possible thing I can imagine.
Others said they were wary of being embarrassed by the far-left activists in the group who have repeatedly denounced the United States government.
