A tendency to make remarks that are embarrassingly wrong or inappropriate.
Etymology:
- Humorous conflation of foot-and-mouth disease and put one's foot in one's mouth.
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Submitted on July 07, 2010
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foot draggingFoam at the Mouthhand to mouthfront foothand-to-mouthdo you kiss your mother with that mouth?Hand-to-Mouth Existencebutter would not melt in someone's mouthDon't Look a Gift Horse in the MouthI'll go to the foot of our stairsget one's foot in the doorbutter wouldn't melt in someone's mouthcan't put the words back into one&…down in the mouth
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