Put my foot in my mouth可不是“要把脚放进嘴里”

我们都知道，“mouth”是“嘴巴”，英语中也有很多与之相关的习语。今天我们就来学习一些吧~put one's foot in one's mouth（言语)使人尴尬,冒犯别人foot是脚的意思，mouth表示嘴巴，如果你把put your foot in your mouth直译成把你的脚塞进嘴巴的话，一定会闹出笑话。老外说I put my foot in my mouth，千万不要以为他有什么恶俗的怪癖，他只是为自己说错话而道歉，put one s foot in one s mouth表示一个人说错话了。说话一定要分清场合，如果你说了不该说的话，建议马上用I put my foot in my mouth向对方道歉，这样场面不会太尴尬。例句：Sorry, I really put my foot in my mouth at the wedding.对不起，我真的在婚礼上说错话了。have one's heart in one's mouth心都提到嗓子眼了have one's heart in one's mouth意思是“心都提到嗓子眼了”。这种说法早在几千年前就出现在荷马的史诗《伊利亚特》中。当很紧张很害怕的时候，心会扑通扑通跳得很厉害，感觉就像要从嗓子里蹦出来一样，所以就有了have one's heart in one's mouth的说法。例句：The little boy stood outside the door of the headmaster's room and had his heart in his mouth, afraid to go in.小男孩提心吊胆地站在校长室门口，不敢进去。look a gift horse in the mouth我们知道，马好不好要看牙口（look a horse in the mouth）。但是如果这匹马是别人送的（a gift horse），那再检查牙口就有些不近情理了。这就是为什么英语中用look a gift horse in the mouth指责一个人不懂礼貌，对别人送的礼物“吹毛求疵”、“过于挑剔”。例句：Susan sometimes will look a gift horse in the mouth.苏珊有时候会吹毛求疵。

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