Idiom: Foot-In-Mouth Disease
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Humorous conflation of foot-and-mouth disease and put one's foot in one's mouth.
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A tendency to make remarks that are embarrassingly wrong or inappropriate.
Example Sentences
1
I always seem to have foot-in-mouth disease whenever I'm around my boss.
2
She really needs to stop talking in meetings; her foot-in-mouth disease is getting out of hand.
3
He's known for his foot-in-mouth disease, so we always expect some offensive comment from him.
4
I accidentally insulted my friend with my foot-in-mouth disease; I really need to think before I speak.
5
Her foot-in-mouth disease never fails to amuse everyone at the office.
