put one's foot in one's mouth

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

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 失言 (shīyán) — say or do something embarrassing or wrong
• Chinese Mandarin: 自討沒趣 /自讨没趣 (zìtǎoméiqù) — say or do something embarrassing or wrong
• Chinese Mandarin: 自掘墳墓 /自掘坟墓 (zìjuéfénmù) — say or do something embarrassing or wrong
• Dutch: zich verspreken — say or do something embarrassing or wrong
• Estonian: rumalusi rääkima — say or do something embarrassing or wrong
• Finnish: mokata — say or do something embarrassing or wrong
• Finnish: päästää sammakko suustaan — say or do something embarrassing or wrong
• French: mettre les pieds dans le plat — say or do something embarrassing or wrong
• French: se prendre les pieds dans le tapis — say or do something embarrassing or wrong
• German: ins Fettnäpfchen treten — say or do something embarrassing or wrong
• German: in die Pfanne treten — say or do something embarrassing or wrong
• Hungarian: elszólja magát — say or do something embarrassing or wrong
• Hungarian: baklövést követ el — say or do something embarrassing or wrong
• Hungarian: kínos helyzetbe hozza magát — say or do something embarrassing or wrong
• Hungarian: akasztott ember házában kötelet emleget — say or do something embarrassing or wrong
• Italian: fare una gaffe — say or do something embarrassing or wrong
• Norman: mettre l'dé dans l'yi — say or do something embarrassing or wrong
• Norwegian: tråkke i salaten — say or do something embarrassing or wrong
• Polish: strzelać gafę — say or do something embarrassing or wrong
• Polish: strzelić gafę — say or do something embarrassing or wrong
• Portuguese: pagar mico — say or do something embarrassing or wrong
• Portuguese: meter a pata na poça — say or do something embarrassing or wrong
• Portuguese: pôr a pata na poça — say or do something embarrassing or wrong
• Romanian: face o gafă — say or do something embarrassing or wrong
• Romanian: da cu bâta-n baltă — say or do something embarrassing or wrong
• Romanian: călca în străchini — say or do something embarrassing or wrong
• Romanian: da cu mucii în fasole — say or do something embarrassing or wrong
• Russian: сморо́зить глу́пость (smorózitʹ glúpostʹ) — say or do something embarrassing or wrong
• Russian: оговори́ться (ogovorítʹsja) — say or do something embarrassing or wrong
• Spanish: meter la pata — say or do something embarrassing or wrong
• Spanish: mear fuera del tiesto — say or do something embarrassing or wrong
• Spanish: orinar fuera del guacal — say or do something embarrassing or wrong
• Swedish: trampa i klaveret — say or do something embarrassing or wrong
• Turkish: pot kırmak — say or do something embarrassing or wrong
• Turkish: çam devirmek — say or do something embarrassing or wrong
• Turkish: gaf yapmak — say or do something embarrassing or wrong
• Ukrainian: ляпнути дурню (ljapnuty durnju) — say or do something embarrassing or wrong