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put foot in mouth
put one's foot in one's mouth
and put one's foot in it; stick one's foot in one's mouthFig. to say something that you regret; to say something stupid, insulting, or hurtful. When I told Ann that her hair was more beautiful than I had ever seen it, I really put my foot in my mouth. It was a wig. I put my foot in it by telling John's secret; he found out.
put (one's) foot in (one's) mouth
To make a tactless remark.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Hagar | | HAY-gahr (English) | Biblical, Biblical Hebrew |
Rusty | | RUS-tee | English |
Miro | | - | Slovene, Croatian |
Vinka | | - | Croatian |
Purnima | | - | Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Tamil, Kannada |
Horacio | | o-RAH-thyo (Spanish), o-RAH-syo (Latin American Spanish) | Spanish |