foot-in-mouth disease
A tendency to make remarks that are embarrassingly wrong or inappropriateA tendency to make remarks that are embarrassingly wrong or inappropriate.
US/ˈfʊɾ.ɪnˌmaʊθ dəzˈiz/
Meaning
1 senses(humorous, idiomatic, uncountable)A tendency to make remarks that are embarrassingly wrong or inappropriate.
but see von einem Fettnäpfchen ins Nächste treten
Translations
1 languagesDeutsch
tendency:
Origin
Humorous conflation of foot-and-mouth disease and put one's foot in one's mouth.Humorous conflation of foot-and-mouth disease and put one's foot in one's mouth.
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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