“Put your foot in your mouth”
Communicationتعریف
حادثاتی طور پر کوئی شرمناک یا بے تدبیر کہنا۔
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.”
جب میں نے پوچھا کہ اس نے اپنی پرانی نوکری کیوں چھوڑ دی ہے تو میں نے اتفاقاً کچھ بے تدبیر کہا۔
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.
جب میں نے پوچھا کہ اس نے اپنی پرانی نوکری کیوں چھوڑ دی ہے تو میں نے اتفاقاً کچھ بے تدبیر کہا۔
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 dictionaryاکثر پوچھے جانے والے سوالات
- What does "Put your foot in your mouth" mean?
- "Put your foot in your mouth" means حادثاتی طور پر کوئی شرمناک یا بے تدبیر کہنا۔.
- 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.