drop a clanger

短语

失言,说错话,说漏嘴

词形变化

dropped a clanger dropping a clanger drops a clanger 三单 drops a clanger dropping a clanger 现在分词 dropped a clanger 过去式 dropped a clanger 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To commit a conspicuous and embarrassing blunder or gaffe, for example by saying the wrong thing at the wrong time.

    非正式

    I dropped a clanger when I mentioned how well Mary's mother had been looking recently. I didn't know that she died two days ago.