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单词 put one's foot in it
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put one's foot in it


Make a blunder, as in I didn't know it was a surprise party; I guess I put my foot in it. This expression presumably alludes to setting one's foot down in mud or excrement. [Late 1700s] Also see foot in one's mouth.

Words nearby put one's foot in it

put oneself out, put one's face on, put one's feet up, put one's finger on, put one's foot down, put one's foot in it, put one's hand to, put one's head on the block, put one's house in order, put one's mind to, put one's money where one's mouth is
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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