shoot one's mouth off
Verb
  1. (slang) To make reckless or exaggerated statements.
    • 1943, David Deutsch, "[http://news.google.ca/newspapers?id=YDkhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KmEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=923,4519919&dq=shoot+|+shooting+|+shot+|+shoots+mouth-off&hl=en Heard in the Lobbies]," The Canadian Jewish Chronicle, 16 July, (retrieved 7 Jan. 2010):
      George Jessel . . . is still shooting his mouth off as though nothing mattered except his own gift for wise-cracks.
    • 2004, Alex Witchel, "The Salon Keeper ↗," New York Times, 28 March, (retrieved 7 Jan. 2010):
      I never shot my mouth off, I was quiet and I listened.
Synonyms Translations
  • French: (vulgar) ouvrir sa grande gueule
  • German: aufschneiden
  • Italian: spararne di grosse
  • Portuguese: falar merda, falar da boca para fora, falar da boca pra fora
  • Russian: распусти́ть язы́к
  • Spanish: fanfarronear



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