Redewendung: aus Versehen etwas Taktloses sagen oder tun.
An idiom: to accidentally say or do something tactless.
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Mit der Frage nach ihrem Alter bin ich ins Fettnäpfchen getreten. — I put my foot in it by asking her age.
Er tritt in jedes Fettnäpfchen. — He puts his foot in it every time.
Ich wollte nicht ins Fettnäpfchen treten. — I didn't want to put my foot in it.
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