Spanish idioms
What does “Meter la pata” mean?
Meter la pata
Word for word
To put the paw in
What it really means
To make a blunder, to say or do the wrong thing without meaning to. It is a slip from carelessness, never from malice.
How we say it in English
To put one's foot in it
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