foot-in-mouth disease
foot-in-mouth disease
A habit of unintentionally saying foolish, tactless, or offensive things. He has foot-in-mouth disease, especially when he's forced to speak for too long, so try to get him off stage as soon as possible. Oh man, do I have foot-in-mouth-disease—I just congratulated Sarah's sister on being pregnant. She isn't.
See also: disease
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
foot-in-mouth disease
the tendency to say the wrong thing at the wrong time. I suffer a lot from foot-in-mouth disease. Well, Ralph has foot-in-mouth disease again.
See also: disease
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
foot-in-mouth disease
n. the tendency to say the wrong thing at the wrong time. Well, Ralph has foot-in-mouth disease again.
See also: disease
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
foot-in-mouth disease
The knack of always saying the wrong thing. The expression is both a verbal play on the foot-and-mouth disease that affects livestock and on the expression “to put one’s foot in one’s mouth,” meaning to make a verbal blunder. The latter dates from the late nineteenth or early twentieth century (see also put one’s foot in it). The current cliché is much newer, dating from the mid-twentieth century.
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The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
- stick (one's) foot in (one's) mouth
- put foot in mouth
- foot in one's mouth, put one's
- put (one's) foot in (one's) mouth
- put (one's) foot in it
- put one's foot in it
- put your foot in it
- if you keep your mouth shut, you won't put your foot in it
- loose lip(s)
- drop a brick