Useful idioms - let the cat out of the bag / put (one's) foot in (one's) mouth - Thinking in English

Have you ever ‘let the cat out of the bag’? Or ‘put your foot in your mouth’? I guess everyone has at least once in their lifetime! Try these idioms out next time you tell someone a secret but shouldn’t have told them, or the next time you embarrass or offend someone!


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