put one's foot in one's mouth

put one's foot in one's mouth

English

Etymology

Attested from 1887; from earlier put one's foot in it.

Pronunciation

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Verb

put one's foot in one's mouth (third-person singular simple present puts one's foot in one's mouth, present participle putting one's foot in one's mouth, simple past and past participle put one's foot in one's mouth)

1. (idiomatic) To misspeak, to say something embarrassing or wrong, or to make a mistake in public, or a social blunder, that is embarrassing or offensive.

   I really put my foot in my mouth during the interview.

   Synonyms: put one's foot in it, stick one's foot in one's mouth, stick one's foot in it

Related terms

• foot-in-mouth disease

Translations

say or do something embarrassing or wrong

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Dutch: zich verspreken Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Estonian: rumalusi rääkima Finnish: mokata (fi), päästää sammakko suustaan French: (colloquial) mettre les pieds dans le plat (fr), se prendre les pieds dans le tapis (fr) German: ins Fettnäpfchen treten (de), in die Pfanne treten Hebrew: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: elszólja magát, baklövést követ el, kínos helyzetbe hozza magát Italian: fare una gaffe Norman: mettre l'dé dans l'yi Norwegian: tråkke i salaten Portuguese: pagar mico (pt) Romanian: face o gafă, da cu bâta-n baltă (colloquial), călca în străchini (colloquial), da cu mucii în fasole (vulgar) Russian: сморо́зить глу́пость pf (smorózitʹ glúpostʹ), оговори́ться (ru) pf (ogovorítʹsja) Spanish: meter la pata (es), mear fuera del tiesto (es) (colloquial) Swedish: trampa i klaveret (sv) Thai: please add this translation if you can Turkish: pot kırmak (tr), çam devirmek (tr), gaf yapmak (tr) Ukrainian: ляпнути дурню (ljapnuty durnju)

See also

• a closed mouth gathers no feet