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put your foot in it - if you do this, you say something by accident which embarrasses or upsets someone
e.g. Mary really put her foot in it when she asked how Rita's husband was doing. She knew that Jack had died years before she started to put on weight, but somehow forgot about it.
Americans would say:
e.g. Mary also stuck her foot in her mouth when she asked Rita how far along she was, but she wasn't even pregnant and started crying.
Question: When did you last put your foot in it? Was it one foot or both your feet? Was it your foot?
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Exactly!
put your foot in it - if you do this, you say something by accident which embarrasses or upsets someone
e.g. Mary really put her foot in it when she asked how Rita's husband was doing. She knew that Jack had died years before she started to put on weight, but somehow forgot about it.
Americans would say:
e.g. Mary also stuck her foot in her mouth when she asked Rita how far along she was, but she wasn't even pregnant and started crying.
Question: When did you last put your foot in it? Was it one foot or both your feet? Was it your foot?
