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Put Your Foot in Your Mouth

591 views. 2011-4-17 17:16 |Individual Classification:Idioms

    Meaning: If you put your foot in your mouth you say or do the wrong thing and usually make matters worse.

For example:

  • I really put my foot in my mouth when I asked her how her husband was. I forgot that he died last year.

  • Every time he speaks he puts his foot in his mouth.

Note: This idiom is sometimes expressed as "put one's foot in it".

Post comment Comment (3 replies)

Reply zlp-coco 2011-4-17 17:19
ha, one point learned! thanx
Reply Joel.Sun 2011-4-17 18:07
Well ,i take it, thx
Reply louislaolu 2011-4-17 18:27
One expession a day keeps vocabulary book away!
Thanks!

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