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to put your foot in your mouth
to put your foot in your mouth就是指无意中说错了话而伤害了别人，或者叫自己很不好意思。
我们来举个例子看看什么样的情况才 to put your foot in your mouth：
例句-15: When Sally told that silly joke about the sailor with one leg she really put her foot in her mouth. She didn't know the man across the dinner table had a brother at home in a wheelchair.
这句话翻成中文就是："沙莉吃晚饭时说了一个笑话，拿一个只有一条腿的水手开玩笑。她可不知道坐在饭桌对面那个人的哥哥就是个残废，行动都得靠轮椅。"
Sally如果事后了解情况的话,她肯定会说: "Well, I certainly have put my foot in my mouth."
下面我们再来举一个例子:
例句-16: I certainly put my foot in my mouth at the party last night when I asked Mister Brown to say hello to his wife for me. Somehow I'd forgotten that his wife died six months ago.
这人说："我昨晚在那个聚会上无意中说错了话。我让布朗先生替我向他的太太问好。不知怎么回事，我忘了他太太已经在半年前去世了。"
