put one's foot in one's mouth

English[edit]

Attested from 1887; from earlier put one's foot in it.

put one's foot in one's mouth (third-person singular simple present puts one's foot in one's mouth, present participle putting one's foot in one's mouth, simple past and past participle put one's foot in one's mouth)

(idiomatic) To misspeak; to say something embarrassing or wrong, or to make a mistake in public, or a social blunder, that is embarrassing or offensive.
Synonyms: put one's foot in it, stick one's foot in one's mouth, stick one's foot in it

I really put my foot in my mouth during the interview.

say or do something embarrassing or wrong

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Dutch: zich verspreken
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Estonian: rumalusi rääkima
Finnish: mokata (fi), päästää sammakko suustaan
French: (colloquial) mettre les pieds dans le plat (fr), se prendre les pieds dans le tapis (fr)
German: ins Fettnäpfchen treten (de), in die Pfanne treten
Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: elszólja magát, baklövést követ el, kínos helyzetbe hozza magát, akasztott ember házában kötelet emleget (hu) (literally “to bring up the rope/noose in a hanged man’s house”)
Italian: fare una gaffe
Norman: mettre l'dé dans l'yi
Norwegian: tråkke i salaten
Polish: strzelać gafę impf, strzelić gafę pf
Portuguese: pagar mico (pt)
Romanian: face o gafă, da cu bâta-n baltă (colloquial), călca în străchini (colloquial), da cu mucii în fasole (vulgar)
Russian: сморо́зить глу́пость pf (smorózitʹ glúpostʹ), оговори́ться (ru) pf (ogovorítʹsja)
Spanish: meter la pata (es), mear fuera del tiesto (es) (colloquial)
Swedish: trampa i klaveret (sv)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: pot kırmak (tr), çam devirmek (tr), gaf yapmak (tr)
Ukrainian: ляпнути дурню (ljapnuty durnju)