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
Mina	['mi:nə]
Victorino	beek-to-REE-no (Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese
Alois	AH-lo-ees (German)	German, Czech
Fawziya	-	Arabic
DiỆU	-	Vietnamese
Norah	NAWR-ə	Irish, English