What is an example of putting your foot in your mouth?

Question

I am trying to think of different examples.

Answer 1

I have a few personal examples for you.

One time my friend and I were at the mall ...we were walking next to this lady and we passed this 'craft' store. My friend asked if I wanted to go in, and I said, quite loudly, "No way, that store is nothing but a bunch of over priced homemade crap" ....The woman walking next to us turned into that store and went behind the counter. She worked there.

Another time, my sister and brother in law were over. I had gotten this head scratcher thing at a rummage sale (Impulse buy), and I told my brother in law to try it. He did, and then handed it back to me. I went into the bathroom and heard the front door slam shut, so I assumed they had left. I went into the kitchen and got some lysol, and lysoled the head scratcher thing (My brother in law isnt known for being the cleanliest man on earth) As I was walking down the hall I said to my mother, who I thought was in the room down the hall, "There...I just lysoled the crap out of this thing, I think I killed any germs he might've gotten on it". I walked into the room right as I finished saying that and saw my brother in law sitting in a chair, looking at me. My sister had left. He stayed behind..

Another time, happened when I was younger. I was talking to my friend about another friend. I was saying how annoying she was and how she was such a b*tch and always had to be right and get her own way. I turned around and guess who was standing right behind me, listening to everything.


Finally ....My mother and I were at a store years back, talking to some clerk. The clerked looked at my mother and said 'ohh!!! when is your baby due?!??" My mother looked at her and said '15 years ago" (The clerk spent the next 10 minutes apologizing profusely, and saying how people asked her all the time when she was due..which was obviously a lie, she was skinny as a stick). Later that night we were at a fast food place. My mother was talking to the supervisor because my sister worked there a while back. the supervisor said "Theres been talk about someones mom being pregnant...is that you?"

Answer 2

Foot In Your Mouth

Answer 3

When you accidently blurt out the wrong thing, like a secret to someone who's not suppose to know. Then you wanna put your dirty foot in your mouth for revelaing the secret.

Answer 4

I guess there are quite a few uk political satirists who're mulling over the relaxing that they had have with a Romney presidency. And hoping for the sake of all and sundry else that he loses.

Answer 5

putting one's foot in one's mouth means: a tactless remark.
e.g. You just put your foot in your mouth again! You shouldn't have told her that she looks horribly ugly in her new dress.
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Answer 6

It is when you tell someone, as you look at a girl, that she is good in bed and then find out the person to whom you are speaking is her husband or father.

Answer 7

good examples: When someone ask you do them a favor, at that very moment your in a good mood and you tell them yes and when it come that time to do it, you really don't want to or don't have the time......etc. when someone ask you to hang out with them and you said yes at the moment...but when that time came you wanted to be somewhere else!

Answer 8

saying something that is anot appropriate that will insult others and hurt their feeeelings, cometimes u should think before acting out & speaking

Answer 9

Like when you tell your friend's wife: Anything I can do to help just call me I'm serious as a heart attack.

AND HE IS IN I.C.U. BECAUSE OF A SERIOUS HEART ATTACK.

Answer 10

My father had a classic - he went to measure a customers windows for work and said to her,' you look great !- when's the baby due?'

She replied 'I'm not pregnant..........'