Foot-in-mouth Disease

What Does "Foot-in-mouth Disease" Mean?

"Foot-in-mouth disease" is an English idiom. It means "the tendency to make inappropriate or embarrassing remarks."

Here are three examples of the idiom "foot-in-mouth disease" used in a sentence:

Every time he tries to apologize, he just makes things worse. He really has a case of foot-in-mouth disease.
I can't believe I said that in the meeting. I really have foot-in-mouth disease today.
She suffers from a chronic case of foot-in-mouth disease.

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