SLIP OF THE LIP


Meaning of SLIP OF THE LIP in English

{n. phr.} The mistake of saying something you had not wanted or planned to say; an error of speech. * /No one would have known our plans if Kay hadn't made a slip of the tongue./ * /She didn't mean to tell our secret; it was a slip of the lip./

See: SLIP OF THE TONGUE.

Dictionary of English idioms .      Словарь английских идиом.