To put your foot in it 說(shuō)走嘴了

　　To put your foot in it 的意思是“說(shuō)走嘴了”，結(jié)果使得局面變得尷尬或不愉快。也可以用來(lái)表示不小心把秘密說(shuō)了出來(lái)。

　　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.

　　請(qǐng)注意

　　另一個(gè)短語(yǔ) to put your foot down 表示一個(gè)人態(tài)度堅(jiān)決，對(duì)一件事情到底是做還是不做立場(chǎng)堅(jiān)定，不予讓步。

　　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.