put foot in it



put your foot in it

  (British, American & Australian informal) also put your foot in your mouth (American)
to say something by accident which embarrasses or upsets someone I really put my foot in it with Julie. I didn't realise she was a vegetarian.
See also: foot, put

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Waldobert-Ancient Germanic
Radoslavrah-dah-SLAHF (Russian)Czech, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Medieval Slavic
GÜVenÇ-Turkish
Yevhen-Ukrainian
Dorijan-Croatian
Chandra-Hinduism, Bengali, Indian, Assamese, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Nepali