单词 | put your foot in it |
释义 | put your foot in itput your foot in it especially British EnglishBrE, put your foot in your mouth especially American EnglishMISTAKE to say something without thinking carefully, so that you embarrass or upset someone 失言,讲错话,〔因说话随便而〕惹怒人 I’ve really put my foot in it this time. I didn’t realize that was her husband! 我这次真是讲错话了,我没想到那人是她的丈夫! Examples from the Corpus put your foot in it• She's a little weird isn't she? Oh no, have I put my foot in my mouth? Is she a friend of yours?• Somehow, with her usual clumsiness, she had opened her mouth and put her foot in it.• It wasn't her fault if she had a gift for putting her foot in it.• Glover had put his foot in it somehow.• It was immediately clear that he had put his foot in it.• I have put my foot in it.• Simon wanted to finish the conversation before he put his foot in it any further.• As creative types, we're notoriously unpredictable, and thus liable to put our foot in it in front of touchy clients. → put your foot in it at foot1(13) |
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