“Put your foot in your mouth”
Communicationपरिभाषा
संयोगवश केही लाजमर्दो वा हचुवाको भरमा भन्नु।
English: To say something embarrassing or tactless by accident.
उदाहरणहरू
उदाहरणहरू
1 / 2“I put my foot in my mouth when I asked why he had left his old job.”
उसले किन आफ्नो पुरानो जागिर छोडेको भनेर सोध्दा मैले अनायासै केही नबोली भनेँ।
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.
उसले किन आफ्नो पुरानो जागिर छोडेको भनेर सोध्दा मैले अनायासै केही नबोली भनेँ।
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 dictionaryबारम्बार सोधिने प्रश्नहरू
- What does "Put your foot in your mouth" mean?
- "Put your foot in your mouth" means संयोगवश केही लाजमर्दो वा हचुवाको भरमा भन्नु।.
- 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.