foot-in-mouth disease

IPA(Pronunciation)

Noun

humorous idiomatic uncountable

(idiomatic, humorous) A tendency to make remarks that are embarrassingly wrong or inappropriate.

Japanese Meaning

自分の意図に反して、不適切あるいは恥ずかしい誤った発言をしてしまう傾向

Her chronic foot-in-mouth disease turned a harmless compliment into an office scandal.

彼女の口を滑らせる癖が、ささいな褒め言葉を職場のスキャンダルに変えてしまった。

Sense（1）

(idiomatic, humorous) A tendency to make remarks that are embarrassingly wrong or inappropriate.

They attempt to straddle all issues and, consequently, when a slip occurs, the result is foot-in-mouth disease.