shoot one's mouth off

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

shoot one's mouth off (third-person singular simple present shoots one's mouth off, present participle shooting one's mouth off, simple past and past participle shot one's mouth off)

1. (slang) To make reckless or exaggerated statements.
   • 1943 July 16, David Deutsch, “Heard in the Lobbies”, in The Canadian Jewish Chronicle, retrieved 7 Jan. 2010:

     George Jessel . . . is still shooting his mouth off as though nothing mattered except his own gift for wise-cracks.

   • 2004 March 28, Alex Witchel, “The Salon Keeper”, in New York Times, retrieved 7 Jan. 2010:

     I never shot my mouth off, I was quiet and I listened.

Synonyms

• mouth off
• shoot from the lip
• shoot off at the mouth
• shoot off one's mouth

Translations

make reckless or exaggerated statements

• Arabic: تبادل لإطلاق النار الفم
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 滿嘴跑火車／满嘴跑火车 (mǎnzuǐpǎohuǒchē)

• Czech: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: overdrijven (nl)
• Finnish: puhua läpiä päähänsä
• French: (vulgar) ouvrir sa grande gueule (fr)
• German: aufschneiden (de)
• Hungarian: dicsekszik (hu), henceg (hu), felvág (hu), jártatja a száját, szájaskodik (hu)
• Italian: spararne di grosse
• Japanese: べらべらとしゃべる (ja) (berabera to shaberu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: prate dritt, preike skit

• Polish: gadać, co ślina na język przyniesie (pl)
• Portuguese: falar merda, falar da boca para fora, falar da boca pra fora
• Russian: распусти́ть язы́к pf (raspustítʹ jazýk) (lit.: loosen one's tongue), крича́ть с пе́ной у рта impf (kričátʹ s pénoj u rta) (lit.: to shout with foam at the mouth)
• Spanish: fanfarronear (es)
• Swedish: prata skit, snacka skit (sv)

See also

• loudmouth