want the earth to swallow someone up(Он зашёл в спальную в тот момент, когда я читала его дневник. Я была готова сквозь землю провалиться. (He came into the bedroom just as I was reading his diary. I wanted the earth to swallow me up. (Michele Berdy).20)
I could have sunk through the floor(от стыда: 'And when he stood on one leg and pointed right at where I was sitting and shouted "This means you!" I could have sunk through the floor.' (P.G. Wodehouse) – Я от стыда чуть сквозь землю не провалиласьART Vancouver)
