Put your foot in your mouth
Suggest a CorrectionMeaning
To say something clumsy or offensive by mistake, tripping over words.
Origin
From 19th-century Britain, tied to 'foot in it'; a 1780s phrase for mess, slang by 1870s for speech. An 1878 Trollope novel uses it for a faux pas.
Variants
- Foot in mouth
Usage Examples
- He put his foot in his mouth calling her old.
- I put my foot in my mouth joking about her ex.
- She put her foot in her mouth at the meeting-ouch!
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