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Definition 2024

put_one's_foot_in_one's_mouth

put one's foot in one's mouth

English

Verb

put one ’s foot in one ’s mouth

(idiomatic) To misspeak; to say something embarrassing or wrong.
I really put my foot in my mouth during the interview.

Related terms

foot-in-mouth disease

Translations

misspeak; say something embarrassing or wrong

Dutch: zich (nl) verspreken (nl)
Estonian: rumalusi rääkima
French: (colloquial) se prendre les pieds dans le tapis (fr)
German: ins Fettnäpfchen treten (de)
Hungarian: elszólja magát
Russian: сморо́зить глу́пость pf ‎(smorózitʹ glúpostʹ), оговори́ться (ru) pf ‎(ogovorítʹsja)

Spanish: meter la pata (es)
Swedish: trampa i klaveret (sv)
Turkish: pot kırmak (tr), çam devirmek (tr), gaf yapmak (tr)