FOOT-IN-MOUTH DISEASE


Meaning of FOOT-IN-MOUTH DISEASE in English

Informal ( facetious ).

the habit of making inappropriate, insensitive, or imprudent statements.

[ 1965-70; pun on FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE, with allusion to FOOT-IN-MOUTH ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .