“Put your foot in your mouth”
Communicationඅර්ථ දැක්වීම
අහම්බෙන් අපහසුතාවයට පත් කරන හෝ උපායශීලී නොවන දෙයක් පැවසීම.
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.”
ඔහු පරණ රැකියාවෙන් ඉවත් වුණේ ඇයි කියලා මම ඇහුවම මම අහම්බෙන් උපක්රමශීලී නැති දෙයක් කිව්වා.
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.
ඔහු පරණ රැකියාවෙන් ඉවත් වුණේ ඇයි කියලා මම ඇහුවම මම අහම්බෙන් උපක්රමශීලී නැති දෙයක් කිව්වා.
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 dictionaryනිතර අසන ප්රශ්න
- What does "Put your foot in your mouth" mean?
- "Put your foot in your mouth" means අහම්බෙන් අපහසුතාවයට පත් කරන හෝ උපායශීලී නොවන දෙයක් පැවසීම.
- 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.