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• Always put your best foot for - ward - Товар лицом кажут (T)• Better a bare foot than none at all - Лучше хоть что-нибудь, чем ничего (Л)• Cool mouth and warm feet live long (A) - Держи голову в холоде, живот в голоде, а ноги в тепле (Д)• Feet are slow when the head wears snow (The) - Годы хребет горбят (Г), Старость не радость (C), Старость приходит не с радостью, а со слабостью (C)• Foot at rest meets nothing (The) - Под лежачий камень вода не течет (П)• Going foot always gets something, if it is only a thorn (A) - Волка ноги кормят (B)• Keep the bowels open, the head cool, and the feet warm and a fig for the doctors - Держи голову в холоде, живот в голоде, а ноги в тепле (Д)• Little wit in the head makes much work for the feet - Дураку семь верст не крюк (Д), За дурной головой и ногам непокой (3)• My silly head will never save my feet - За дурной головой и ногам непокой (3)• One foot is better than two crutches - Лучше хоть что-нибудь, чем ничего (Л)• Put your best foot forward - Товар лицом кажут (T)• Six feet under makes all men equal - У смерти все равны (У)• Stand on your own two feet - Всяк за себя (B)• Start off with the best foot - Товар лицом кажут (T)• Take the load (the weight) off your feet - В ногах правды нет (B)• What you haven't got in your head, you have in your feet - За дурной головой и ногам непокой (3)• Where the will is ready, the feet are light - Где мило, семь верст не криво (Г)• Willing heart carries a weary pair of feet a long way (A) - Где мило, семь верст не криво (Г)• Willing mind makes a light foot (А) - Где мило, семь верст не криво (Г)• Witless head makes weary feet (A) - За дурной головой и ногам непокой (3) -
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1) General subject: drop a clanger, find oneself in the wrong boat, get into a hobble, goof, make a floater, put foot in it, put foot into it, commit a gaffe, fall between two stools, be up a gumtree, get into a scrape2) Colloquial: be in a fix, be in a jam, be in a scrape, be in the cart, be in the soup, get into deep water, get into hot water, put your foot in your mouth3) American: pull a boner, spill the beans4) Australian slang: go down like a lead balloon5) Politics: put (one's) foot in it6) Set phrase: put one's foot in it, make a fool of (oneself) -
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American English: put foot in your mouth (BrE - put foot in it)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > ляпнуть, не подумав
См. также в других словарях:
put your foot in your mouth — (chiefly US) (or put your foot in it) informal : to say something that causes someone to be embarrassed, upset, or hurt especially when you did not expect that reaction I really put my foot in it when I asked her about her job. I didn t know she… … Useful english dictionary
put your foot in your mouth — If you put your foot in your mouth, you say something stupid or embarrassing … The small dictionary of idiomes
put your foot in your mouth — If you put your foot in your mouth, you say something stupid or embarrassing. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
put your foot in your mouth — say something that causes pain or embarrassment If you speak the truth, you will often put your foot in your mouth … English idioms
put your foot in it — british phrase to accidentally say something that is embarrassing or that upsets or annoys someone. The American expression is put your foot in your mouth Jack really put his foot in it by telling Alice about the surprise party. Thesaurus: to be … Useful english dictionary
put your foot in it — British to accidentally say something that is embarrassing or that upsets or annoys someone. The American expression is put your foot in your mouth Jack really put his foot in it by telling Alice about the surprise party … English dictionary
put foot in one's mouth — If you put your foot in your mouth, you say something that offends, upsets or embarrasses someone. She really put her foot in her mouth when she mentioned the housewarming party Andy hadn t been invited … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
foot in one's mouth — If you put your foot in your mouth, you do or say something that offends, upsets or embarrasses someone else. She really put her foot in her mouth when she mentioned the housewarming party Andy hadn t been invited! … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
put — W1S1 [put] v past tense and past participle put present participle putting [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(move to place)¦ 2¦(change somebody s situation/feelings)¦ 3¦(write/print something)¦ 4¦(express)¦ 5 put a stop/an end to something 6 put something into… … Dictionary of contemporary English
put — verb past tense putpresent participle putting MOVE STH 1 (transitive always + adv/prep) to move something from one place or position into another, especially using your hands: put sth in/on/there etc: Put those bags on the table. | You should put … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
put — verb past tense putpresent participle putting MOVE STH 1 (transitive always + adv/prep) to move something from one place or position into another, especially using your hands: put sth in/on/there etc: Put those bags on the table. | You should put … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
