clanger
n. <英,非正>失言,失禮
You can refer to something stupid or embarrassing that someone does or says as a clanger .
1. a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate;
drop a clanger
見drop
She dropped a clanger when she mentioned the broken window.
她提到打碎的窗子時說得真不是時候.
To err is human, and even the most efficient employee will eventually drop a clanger.
是人就會犯錯誤, 即使是最能幹的僱員最終也總會幹蠢事.
He dropped a clanger.
他弄了個大笑話.
I dropped a real clanger when I mentioned the party. He hadn't been invited.
我無意中失言提起了聚會的事情,而他並沒有被邀請.