put one's foot in it

Make a blunder, as in I didn't know it was a surprise party; I guess I put my foot in it. This expression presumably alludes to setting one's foot down in mud or excrement. [Late 1700s] Also see foot in one's mouth.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
AnunciaciÓN	ah-noon-thyah-THYON (Spanish), ah-noon-syah-SYON (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Zubin	-	Persian
Niraj	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Nepali
Gerlof	-	Dutch
Jenni	JEN-ee (English), YEN-nee (Finnish)	English, Finnish
Nelu	-	Romanian