“Put your foot in your mouth”
CommunicationDefinisi
Mengucapkan sesuatu yang memalukan atau kurang bijaksana secara tidak sengaja.
English: To say something embarrassing or tactless by accident.
Contoh
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1 / 2“I put my foot in my mouth when I asked why he had left his old job.”
Saya tanpa sengaja mengatakan sesuatu yang kurang bijaksana ketika saya bertanya mengapa dia meninggalkan pekerjaan lamanya.
Use this idiom in context
Rewrite this example in plain English without the idiom. Preserve who is speaking, the time and the meaning.
I put my foot in my mouth when I asked why he had left his old job.Compare with the original example
I put my foot in my mouth when I asked why he had left his old job.
Saya tanpa sengaja mengatakan sesuatu yang kurang bijaksana ketika saya bertanya mengapa dia meninggalkan pekerjaan lamanya.
Write a two-line conversation using “Put your foot in your mouth”. Make the situation clear enough that a reader can infer the meaning. Then replace the idiom with a plain-English explanation: does your conversation still mean the same thing?
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- What does "Put your foot in your mouth" mean?
- "Put your foot in your mouth" means mengucapkan sesuatu yang memalukan atau kurang bijaksana secara tidak sengaja.
- How do you use "Put your foot in your mouth" in a sentence?
- Example: "I put my foot in my mouth when I asked why he had left his old job."
- Should I interpret "Put your foot in your mouth" word for word?
- Understand the expression as a whole. Use the definition and example to learn its meaning rather than translating each word separately.