จุดใต้ตำตอ

Put your foot in it.

จุดใต้ตำตอ
จุด
jùt ใต้
dtâi ตำ
dtam ตอ
dtor

Vocabulary

jùt = point ; mark ; spot

dtâi = under ; beneath ; below

dtam = [to] sting ; stab ; prick

dtor = stump ; stub ; stubble

Literal Meaning

Light the torch and bump into a stump.

English Proverb

Put your foot in it.

Explanation

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You are in a very dark place, you light a torch and hold it up to see where you are going, but you still bump into a tree stump. Some situations are funny when viewed from the distance of time, but extremely embarrassing when they occur. You are travelling on the train to go for a job interview and start chatting to the man sitting next to you. After a while you tell him where you are going and admit that you are nervous because you know that the person who will interview you has a reputation of being a very unpleasant person. When you arrive for the interview, the interviewer is the person from the train! You have lit the torch, but bumped into a stump.

Example

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ฉันเพิ่งจะรู้ว่าคนที่ชอบนินทาฉันคือเพื่อนสนิทของฉันเอง จุดใต้ตำตอจริงๆ

chăn pêung jà rúu wâa kon têe chôp nin-taa chăn keu  pêuan sà-nìt kŏng chăn ayng jùt dtâi dtam dtor jing jing

I just known that someone who like to gissip me is my bestfriend. she is  light the torch and bump into a stump really.