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СГОРАТЬ/СГОРЕТЬ CO (ОТ) СТЫДА coll VP subj: human often impfv Verbal Adv сгорая if pfv-often subjunctive or past with чуть не) to experience intense shame, embarrassment

X сгорал со стыда - X was burning (up) with shame

X was dying (nearly died) of shame X was embarrassed to death X was bitterly ashamed of himself.

(extended usage) Зина повела его (пса) гулять на цепи... Пес шел как арестант, сгорая от стыда... (Булгаков 11). Zina took him (the dog) walking on the chain....He walked like a convict, burning up with shame (11a).

(Иванов:) Перед тобою стоит человек, в тридцать пять лет уже утомлённый, разочарованный, раздавленный своими ничтожными подвигами он сгорает со стыда... (Чехов 4). (I.:) You see a man exhausted at the age of thirty-five, disillusioned, crushed by his own pathetic efforts, bitterly ashamed of himself... (4b).