You’re blessed with the ability to gab but are also known to put your foot in it.At some point in your quest to learn Spanish, it is quite likely that you will put your foot in it and that will leave those around you clutching their sides as they try to control the laughter.The first impression does matter unless you put your foot in your mouth and manage to ruin the interaction before it starts.I suggest you that don’t put your foot in your mouth at the party and look stupid.A couple of times, it’s happened that someone really had screwed up on my team, and I put my foot in my mouth.Apparently, Joe had put his foot in it by referring to her by his first wife’s name. Mary and Joe had such a row the whole street must have been able to hear it.
He was moaning about having no bonuses this year, and the boss was standing right behind him. He embarrasses himself and his party every time he speaks. The president is always putting his foot in his mouth.It turns out she’s not expecting but had just put on weight. Carla put her foot right in it when she congratulated her neighbour on being pregnant.to accidentally do or say something that you later regret.
These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'lay/put (something) to rest.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Washington Post, The classic burial options have been upgraded by startups like Bio Urn (turn your ashes into a tree), Eternal Reefs ( lay to rest on the ocean floor), Algordanza (from corpse to wearable diamonds), and Recompose (human composting). 2022 As Lod braced for more unrest on Wednesday, Arafat Ismail prepared to lay to rest his brother-in-law, Khalil Awaad, and 16-year-old niece, Nadine Awaad. Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2022 In 1278, the monarch visited the grave site at Glastonbury and ordered the remains to be disinterred, partly to lay to rest the belief in some quarters that Geoffrey’s hero was superhuman and still alive-and thus could potentially challenge Edward for the throne. 2022 Britain is now ready to lay to rest its longest-serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, with billions thought to be watching around the globe to mark the end of a reign that defined an era. Bronwen Dickey, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2023 The supervisor’s failure to follow directions meant that Lionell would at last receive small pieces of his sisters to lay to rest. 2023 Pope Francis said the final prayers at Cardinal George Pell‘s funeral on Saturday but didn’t lay to rest the grievances of many conservatives for whom the late cardinal was a leading spokesman. Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic, 13 Apr. 2023 The weddings episode will lay to rest all of the speculation surrounding these couples, and fans will get even more answers when the show’s first-ever live reunion airs two days later. Recent Examples on the Web But in the rough world of politics, opponents are not about to let personal embarrassments lay to rest.
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