| 单词 | foot-in-mouth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfoot-in-mouth (b) foot-in-mouth: used in various phrases relating to saying something tactless or embarrassing.Frequently in foot-in-mouth disease: the habit or condition of saying something tactless or embarrassing (used with punning allusion to foot and mouth disease n. at Compounds 3). ΚΠ 1887 Syracuse (N.Y.) Standard 10 Dec. 2/3 The message revealed a bad case of foot in mouth disease. 1952 Life 15 Sept. 134/2 The reluctantly departing national chairman..tossed off the foot-in-mouth observation that ‘there can be only one general in a presidential campaign’. 1982 R. Sheppard & M. Valpy National Deal vii. 139 Hays, the crusty, wise-cracking..cattle auctioneer..was saved from repeated attacks of foot-in-mouth disease by his co-chairman's deft use of the gavel. 1992 Village Voice (N.Y.) 7 Apr. 8/3 Clinton's spin-anesthetists now have their candidate trying to slough off every criticism of his foot-in-mouth falsehoods and his conflicts of interest by blaming it all on ‘the tabloids’. 2013 Radio Times 7 Dec. (South/West ed.) 51/1 Steve Coogan could never be accused of rushing into a big screen transfer for his endearingly foot-in-mouth broadcaster, who debuted in 1991. < as lemmas |
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