put your foot in it

/ˌpʊt jə ˈfʊt ɪn ɪt/INFORMAL · B2
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Kahulugan

to say something by accident that embarrasses or upsets someone

Makapagsabi nang hindi sinasadya ng nakahihiya o nakasasakit sa iba.

Mga halimbawa

  1. 1I really put my foot in it when I asked Sam about his girlfriend — they’d just split up.
  2. 2Try not to put your foot in it by mentioning the surprise party.
  3. 3Tom put his foot in it by congratulating Maria on a promotion she hadn’t got.
  4. 4Don’t mention the exam results to Ben, or you’ll put your foot in it.
  5. 5Aisha realised she’d put her foot in it when the whole room went silent after her joke.

Grammar

Pareho ang anyo ng put sa present, past at past participle; putting. Hindi nagbabago ang it, at nagbabago ang your: my, her.

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