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put your foot in your mouth

Date: Nov 06 2008

Quote

1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.

“I’m a very honest person. Sometimes I put my foot in my mouth, but at the same time, it’s truthful and honest.”

- Pop star Pink talking about how she’d rather tell the truth than be fake.

Definition

1. Definition - Study the definition.

say something embarrassing, make a faux-pas

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

You’d have to be pretty flexible to be able to literally stick your own foot in your mouth. But you can just skip the stretching and say something embarrassing.
Pink is known for being outspoken and saying what she thinks. Sometimes being honest leads her to make a comment that’s embarrassing, offensive, or wrong. In other words, she often puts her foot in her mouth. But she thinks it’s better to put your foot in your mouth sometimes than to lie or be fake.
In addition to putting your foot in your mouth, you can also step in it. Stepping in it also means saying something embarrassing or making a faux-pas. What did you step in? Something you really wish you hadn’t…

Examples

1. Examples - Hear some example sentences.

“I totally put my foot in my mouth when I asked Jessica when she was going to have her baby. She wasn’t pregnant, she’d just gained weight!”

“Tiffany didn’t realize that her boss was standing right behind her while she was complaining about him to a friend. She really put her foot in her mouth!”

Winners

1. Winners - See who guessed the slang definition correctly.

	to say something that one will regret, to make an error. by VOLTS
	To be honest and straightforward in front of sb and mess it up and cause some troubles by evanescence817
	To make an embarrassing or tactless blunder when speaking: “Rob tries to say nice things, but he always ends up putting his foot in his mouth.” by majid_jjs
	I said something embarrassing/ offensive by Enrique Muñoz
	i think it mesns---Says the wrong thing by zlnova
	say something embarrassing by lolpatsy
	I think to say something embarrassing! by shahrayar88
	to say something embarassing by Pavlionka
	when you "put your foot in your mouth" you say something stupid or embarrassing by MariNa
	If you put your foot in your mouth, you say something stupid, tactless or embarrassing. by Sezai

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Comments

sahakne4r

Afghanistan

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zeinabou

Egypt

We use a similar slang but in a diffrent situation{if somebody accused you of doing something wrong and you approved that you are innocent then you can put your shoe in his mouth}

cheercherry

China

It is okay to put your foot in your mouth when you talk witn your close friends.

nour_2

Syrian Arab Republic

oh god…............i hope it doesn't happen

it's really hard feeling when one puts his foot in his mouth…............

Pampie

Malaysia

to say openly about the truth that can make oneself embrass

Marcelolic

Brazil

By my agreement,put your foot in your mouth is mean being impulsive,to speak what it’s thinking,it is like “to change the feet for the hands”,here in Brazil ;)