“Put your foot in your mouth”
Communication意味
うっかり恥ずかしいことや配慮に欠けることを言ってしまうこと。
English: To say something embarrassing or tactless by accident.
例文
例文
1 / 2“I put my foot in my mouth when I asked why he had left his old job.”
彼が前の仕事を辞めた理由を尋ねた時、うっかり失礼なことを言ってしまった。
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.
彼が前の仕事を辞めた理由を尋ねた時、うっかり失礼なことを言ってしまった。
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?
Check the expression in a dictionaryよくある質問
- What does "Put your foot in your mouth" mean?
- "Put your foot in your mouth" means うっかり恥ずかしいことや配慮に欠けることを言ってしまうこと。.
- 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.