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動詞

drop a clanger (三人称単数 現在形 drops a clanger, 現在分詞 dropping a clanger, 過去形および過去分詞形 dropped a clanger)

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

   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.