speak/talk out of turn

Related to word: turn

Idiom

Definition

  1. To say something that one should not have said; to make an inappropriate or tactless remark.

    指說了不該說的話。

    • She shouldn't have said those things at the meeting; she really spoke out of turn.

      她不應該在會議上說那些話;她真的說了不該說的話。

    • I hope I didn't speak out of turn; I was only trying to be helpful.

      我希望我沒有說不該說的話;我只是想幫忙。

    • He felt he had spoken out of turn when the manager started to scold the team.

      當經理開始責備團隊時,他覺得自己說了不該說的話。