有意無(wú)意做錯(cuò)事，說(shuō)錯(cuò)話的情況是很經(jīng)常的。下面我們要講的一個(gè)俗語(yǔ)就是無(wú)意中說(shuō)錯(cuò)了話而傷害了別人。這個(gè)俗語(yǔ)就是：to put your foot in your mouth。
例如：When Sally told that silly joke about the sailor with one leg she really put her foot in her mouth. She didn’t know the man across the dinner table had a brother at home in a wheelchair.
薩莉吃晚飯時(shí)說(shuō)了一個(gè)笑話，她拿一個(gè)只有一條腿的水手開玩笑。她可不知道坐在飯桌對(duì)面那個(gè)人的哥哥就是個(gè)殘廢，行動(dòng)都得靠輪椅。
Sally如果事后了解情況的話肯定會(huì)說(shuō)：Well, I certainly have put my foot in my mouth.
又如： I certainly put my foot in my mouth at the party last night when I asked Mister Brown to say hello to his wife for me. Somehow I’d forgotten that his wife died six months ago.
我昨晚在那個(gè)聚會(huì)上無(wú)意中說(shuō)錯(cuò)了話。我讓布朗先生替我向他的太太問(wèn)好。不知怎么回事，我忘了他太太已經(jīng)在半年前去世了。
例如：When Sally told that silly joke about the sailor with one leg she really put her foot in her mouth. She didn’t know the man across the dinner table had a brother at home in a wheelchair.
薩莉吃晚飯時(shí)說(shuō)了一個(gè)笑話，她拿一個(gè)只有一條腿的水手開玩笑。她可不知道坐在飯桌對(duì)面那個(gè)人的哥哥就是個(gè)殘廢，行動(dòng)都得靠輪椅。
Sally如果事后了解情況的話肯定會(huì)說(shuō)：Well, I certainly have put my foot in my mouth.
又如： I certainly put my foot in my mouth at the party last night when I asked Mister Brown to say hello to his wife for me. Somehow I’d forgotten that his wife died six months ago.
我昨晚在那個(gè)聚會(huì)上無(wú)意中說(shuō)錯(cuò)了話。我讓布朗先生替我向他的太太問(wèn)好。不知怎么回事，我忘了他太太已經(jīng)在半年前去世了。