put one's foot in one's mouth?

Question

1. You're delivering a presentation and notice a glaring misspelling up (Q: what's up here mean?)on the screen for all to see.What can you do? Come clean and confess.Judit Price, career coach with Berke and Price career consulting firm, says honesty is the best policy. "Confess and admit you've made a mistake," she says. "Don't try to talk about it too much, you may end up putting your foot in your mouth."(Q: pleaes explain this phrase) Do your best to correct the blunder and then move on. Thank you very much!

Clive · Accepted Answer

Hi,

1. You're delivering a presentation and notice a glaring misspelling up (Q: what's up here mean?)on the screen for all to see.
What can you do? Come clean and confess.
Judit Price, career coach with Berke and Price career consulting firm, says honesty is the best policy. "Confess and admit you've made a mistake," she says. "Don't try to talk about it too much, you may end up putting your foot in your mouth."(Q: pleaes explain this phrase) Do your best to correct the blunder and then move on.

'Up' here just adds a little emphasis to the idea that the screen is raised in a prominent position.

'To put your foot in your mouth' would be an embarassing and foolish thing to do. As an idiom, it means 'To say something really foolish and embarrassing'.

Best wishes, Clive

Osee · Answer

So the suggestion is when making such a mistake, just briefly point it out and then move on; do not try to explain why you made such an error because such an explanation is foolish. Right?

CliveHi,

1. You're delivering a presentation and notice a glaring misspelling up (Q: what's up here mean?)on the screen for all to see.
What can you do? Come clean and confess.
Judit Price, career coach with Berke and Price career consulting firm, says honesty is the best policy. "Confess and admit you've made a mistake," she says. "Don't try to talk about it too much, you may end up putting your foot in your mouth."(Q: pleaes explain this phrase) Do your best to correct the blunder and then move on.

'Up' here just adds a little emphasis to the idea that the screen is raised in a prominent position.

'To put your foot in your mouth' would be an embarassing and foolish thing to do. As an idiom, it means 'To say something really foolish and embarrassing'.

Best wishes, Clive

Clive · Answer

Hi,

Yes.

Clive

Marius Hancu · Answer

Search your idioms here:

in this case with

foot

put one's foot in one's mouth?

Top answer

Get the Weekly English Kit 📬

Related Questions