当别人说put your foot in it时，要注意它的真正意思
当别人说 take a chill pill 的时候，不是真的叫你去吃冷静药丸，它跟药丸没有关系，同样地，当别人说 put your foot in it 时，要弄清楚是不是真的要把自己的脚放在什么里面。
Take a chill pill 跟“药丸”没有关系，它来表达让某人冷静，它不是叫某人去服镇静丸的意思，可以意为“冷静一下，镇定下来，放松一下”等，例如：
Take a chill pill, will you? Panicking about being late won't make me drive any faster.
冷静一下，好吗？担心迟到不会让我开得更快。
I sent the student to the principal's office after she told me to take a chill pill.
在她叫我冷静后，我把那个学生送到校长办公室去了。
习语 put your foot in it 常用来比喻无意中说或做某事使某人不安、冒犯或难堪等，通常跟“脚”没有关系，它相当于美式的 put your foot in your mouth，意为“（在语言或行为上）使人不安，冒犯别人，使人尴尬”，例如：
put your foot in it:
Martin put his foot in it today. He was moaning about having no bonuses this year, and the boss was standing right behind him. How awkward!
马丁冒犯到别人了。他抱怨今年没有奖金，老板就站在他身后。多尴尬啊！
I really put my foot in it with Ella. I didn't know she'd split up with Tom.
我真的冒犯了埃拉。我不知道她和汤姆分手了。
put your foot in your mouth:
The president is always putting his foot in his mouth. He embarrasses himself and his party every time he speaks.
总统总是让人尴尬。他每次讲话都使自己和他的党难堪。
I suggest you that don’t put your foot in your mouth at the party and look stupid.
我建议你不要在聚会上使人难堪和看起来很愚蠢。
由此可见 put your foot in it 很像两个单词的结合体，它们是 embarass 和 offend。跟 put your foot in it 让所表示的人感到的尴尬有点类似，embarrass 有的时候所表示出来的尴尬也不是某人有意识的，通常指在社交场合，对应的形容词是 embarrassing 和 embarassed，例如：
I didn't want to embarrass him by kissing him in front of his friends.
我并没想当着他的朋友吻他而使他感到难堪。
His clumsiness embarrassed him.
他因自己的笨拙而感到尴尬。