{"id":17421,"date":"2021-02-27T14:34:05","date_gmt":"2021-02-27T13:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=17421"},"modified":"2021-08-29T13:11:02","modified_gmt":"2021-08-29T11:11:02","slug":"shoot-yourself-in-the-foot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2021\/02\/shoot-yourself-in-the-foot\/","title":{"rendered":"Shoot Yourself In the Foot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B1 &#8211; Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some people try hard to be cautious with their words and deeds in order for things to go as planned. No matter how careful we are there are still some moments when we unwittingly make a situation worse for us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s listen to the audio about the expression &#8220;shoot one&#8217;s self in the foot&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.idioms4you.com\/complete-idioms\/shoot-yourself-in-the-foot.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>http:\/\/www.idioms4you.com\/complete-idioms\/shoot-yourself-in-the-foot.html<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What does the idiom &#8220;shoot yourself in the foot&#8221; mean? Do you have a similar expression in your language?<\/li><li>Have you ever shot yourself in the foot? What happened? What did you do to get out of that situation?<\/li><li>What can you do when you &#8216;shot yourself in the foot&#8217;?<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B1 &#8211; Intermediate Some people try hard to be cautious with their words and deeds in order for things to go as planned. No matter how careful we are there are still some moments when we unwittingly make a situation worse for us. 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