take the words out of mouth
take the words out of (one's) mouth
To unknowingly say what someone else is thinking or about to say. You took the words right out of my mouth—I think she looks gorgeous, too!
See also: mouth, of, out, take, word
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
take the words out of someone's mouth
Fig. to say something just before someone else was going to say the same thing; to say something that someone who agrees with you might have said. That is exactly right! You took the words right out of my mouth! When you said "expensive," you took the words right out of my mouth!
See also: mouth, of, out, take, word
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- take the words out of (one's) mouth
- take the words out of somebody's mouth
- take the words out of someone's mouth
- took the words right out of my mouth
- put words into someone's mouth, to
- put words in (one's) mouth
- put words in mouth
- put words in someone's mouth
- put words in/into somebody's mouth
- a closed mouth gathers no feet