[air one's dirty linen in public] or [wash one's dirty linen […]

[bitter pill] {n.} Something hard to accept; disappointment. * /Jack was […]

[blind date] {n.} An engagement or date arranged by friends for […]

[body blow] {n.}, {informal} A great disappointment; a bitter failure. * […]

[catch (someone) dead] {v. phr.}, {informal} To see or hear (someone) […]

[catch with one's pants down] {v. phr.}, {slang} To surprise someone […]

[climb the wall] {v. phr.}, {slang}, {informal} 1. To react to […]

[come to grief] {v. phr.} To have a bad accident or […]

[comedown] {n.} Disappointment; embarrassment; failure. * /It was quite a comedown […]

[hang it (all)] {interj.}, {informal} An exclamation used to express annoyance […]