英语自学网 发表于 2016-8-8 09:00:55

To put your foot in it 说走嘴了


       

        今日短语
        To put your foot in it 的意思是“说走嘴了”,结果使得局面变得尴尬或不愉快。也可以用来表示不小心把秘密说了出来。
        例句
        I really put my foot in it when I asked where his girlfriend was. I’d forgotten she’d left him.
        You put your foot in it when you mentioned the party on Saturday! It was supposed to be a surprise.
        请注意
        另一个短语 to put your foot down 表示一个人态度坚决,对一件事情到底是做还是不做立场坚定,不予让步。
        例句
        From now on I’m putting my foot down. I expect all assignments to be submitted no later that 5pm on deadline day, OK?
        Dad put his foot down and refused to let me use the car until I pay for the damage I caused last time I borrowed it.
       
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