embarrassing comment

[Jaysee]

hi,
please, is there an expression in English to mean something stupid and embarrassing that shouldn't have been said?

-She's hot, isn't she?
-C'mon, she's my sister!

thanks.

[Yankee]

There is the idiom "put one's foot in one's mouth".
From the American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms:
"Jane put her foot in her mouth when she called him by her first husband's name."

put one's foot in one's mouth
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[Stanciu]

Well, maybe I am weird but why do you want to learn this expressions ? WHat advantage will you have from learning them ? You should concentrate on waht's important from the English language . You should try to learning things such as gramar pronociation and other things like this. Anyway good luck with your question.

PS : Sorry 4 the off-topic ;

[K8t]

"Faux pas" can also be used. It's actually French, but is used in English. Pronounced roughly "FOE pah." To make a faux pas.

Example: "Bill made a faux pas when he told Tom that Teresa was sexy. He didn't know that Teresa's Tom's sister."

Idioms add to the fun of a language. Grammar is, well, dry. Idioms, proverbs and figures-of-speech keep things fun and help motivate learning!

They also provide opening lines to get someone's attention. For example, instead of saying "Bill made a fool of himself when he did x and y," you could say "Did you know? Bill made a faux pas the other day." This usually gets someone's interest. Their response could be, "Oh, really? What happened? What did Bill do now?" :-)

Cheers.

[Lost_Soul]

[Yankee]

Hi Alex

Yes, we use the expression that way here, too. It is basically the "short" form of the same expression (i.e. everybody knows what "it" means). :D

You'll also hear variations of the expression such as this:

"Open mouth, insert foot."
:lol:
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[Alan]

Hi,

The extended expression to describe serial perpetrators of faux pas is: Every time he opens his mouth, he puts his foot in it.

Alan
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[Stew.t.]

hi guys

You could also say it was a "slip of the tongue".

My Dad used to create his own little unique phrases, and I like the one he uses for this situation; s/he has a silver tongue with a rusty tip. :twisted:
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[MrPedantic]

You can also call it a gaffe.

MrP