put one's foot in it

put one's foot in it
put one's foot in one's mouth & put one's foot in it & stick one's foot in one's mouth
Fig. to say something that you regret; to say something stupid, insulting, or hurtful. •

When I told Ann that her hair was more beautiful than I had ever seen it, I really put my foot in my mouth. It was a wig.

I put my foot in it by telling John's secret; he found out.

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or[put one's foot in one's mouth] {v. phr.}, {informal} To speak carelessly and rudely; hurt another's feelings without intending to; make a rude mistake. * /He put his foot in it with his remark about self-made men because Jones was one of them./ * /She put her foot in her mouth with her joke about that church, not knowing that one of the guests belonged to it./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • put\ one's\ foot\ in\ one's\ mouth — • put one s foot in it • put one s foot in one s mouth v. phr. informal To speak carelessly and rudely; hurt another s feelings without intending to; make a rude mistake. He put his foot in it with his remark about self made men because Jones was …   Словарь американских идиом

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  • put one's foot in one's mouth — idi put one s foot in one s mouth, to make an embarrassing blunder …   From formal English to slang

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