“Put your foot in your mouth”
Communicationនិយមន័យ
និយាយអ្វីមួយដែលខ្មាស់អៀន ឬគ្មានសុជីវធម៌ដោយចៃដន្យ។
English: To say something embarrassing or tactless by accident.
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1 / 2“I put my foot in my mouth when I asked why he had left his old job.”
ខ្ញុំបាននិយាយអ្វីមួយដោយមិនសមរម្យដោយចៃដន្យ នៅពេលដែលខ្ញុំសួរថាហេតុអ្វីបានជាគាត់ចាកចេញពីការងារចាស់របស់គាត់។
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.
ខ្ញុំបាននិយាយអ្វីមួយដោយមិនសមរម្យដោយចៃដន្យ នៅពេលដែលខ្ញុំសួរថាហេតុអ្វីបានជាគាត់ចាកចេញពីការងារចាស់របស់គាត់។
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 dictionaryសំណួរដែលគេសួរញឹកញាប់
- What does "Put your foot in your mouth" mean?
- "Put your foot in your mouth" means និយាយអ្វីមួយដែលខ្មាស់អៀន ឬគ្មានសុជីវធម៌ដោយចៃដន្យ។.
- 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.