每日習(xí)語(yǔ)(6.5)：Put one’s foot in one’s mouth說(shuō)錯(cuò)話(huà)
來(lái)源：網(wǎng)絡(luò)發(fā)布時(shí)間：2010-06-10
Put one's foot in one's mouth說(shuō)錯(cuò)話(huà)
He put his foot in it（ in his mouth） when he declared that the proposal was ridiculous. The proposal was made by the boss himself.
�。ㄋ辉撃菢用髅靼装渍f(shuō)這個(gè)建議荒唐的。這建議是老板提出的啊。）
十八世紀(jì)愛(ài)爾蘭政客博伊爾．羅奇爵士(Sir Boyle Roche)常常發(fā)表驚人言論，例如：Half the lies our opponents tell about me are not true�。切┕粑业闹e話(huà)，十有四五都是無(wú)中生有的�。┊�(dāng)時(shí)人們笑他失言，就說(shuō)：He has put his foot in his mouth again。Put one's foot in one's mouth直譯是“把自己的腳放進(jìn)自己的嘴里”，為甚么卻解作“說(shuō)錯(cuò)話(huà)”呢？原來(lái)這成語(yǔ)是另一個(gè)成語(yǔ)put one's foot in it衍生的。Put one's foot in it本來(lái)是指一不小心一腳踩在污水或者比污水更加厲害的東西上面；后來(lái)，一不小心做了些不該做的事、說(shuō)了些不該說(shuō)的話(huà)，也叫做put one's foot in it了。
