Practicing Success
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. To put one’s foot in one’s mouth |
To deliberately provoke someone To gather all of one’s resources To be disorderly and stupid To accidentally embarrass or upset someone |
To accidentally embarrass or upset someone |
The most appropriate meaning of the idiom "to put one's foot in one's mouth" is to accidentally embarrass or upset someone. The idiom is used to describe someone who says something foolish or offensive, often without realizing it. For example, you might say that someone put their foot in their mouth when they made a joke that was not funny, or when they said something insensitive. The other options are not as accurate descriptions of the idiom.
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