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
Joye	[dʒɔi]
Sophronia	-	Literature, Late Greek
Justyna	yuws-TI-nah	Polish
Gareth	GAR-əth (Welsh, English)	Welsh, English (British), Arthurian Romance
Roghayeh	-	Persian
Chastity	CHAST-i-tee	English