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Now the VOA Special English Program Words and Their Stories.

People use their mouth for many things. They eat, talk, shout and sing. They smile and they kiss. In the English language, there are many expressions using the word "mouth". But some of them are not so nice. For example, if you say bad things about a person, the person might protest and say "Do not bad mouth me."

Sometimes people say something to a friend or family member that they later regret because it hurts that person's feelings or they tell the person something they were not supposed to tell. The speaker might say "I really put my foot my mouth this time." If this should happen, the speaker might feel down in the mouth, in other words, he might feel sad for saying the wrong thing.

Another situation is when someone falsely claims another person said something. The other person might protest "I did not say that, do not put words in my mouth". Information is often spread through word of mouth. This is general communication between people like friends talking to each other. "How did you hear about that new movie", someone might ask. "Oh, by word of mouth".

A more official way of getting information is through a company or government mouthpiece. This is an official spokesperson. Government-run media could also be called a mouthpiece.

Sometimes when one person is speaking, he says the same thing that his friend was going to say. When this happens, the friend might say "You took the words right out of my mouth".

Sometimes a person has a bad or unpleasant experience with another person, he might say "that experience left a bad taste in my mouth". Or the person might have had a very frightening experience like being chased by an angry dog. He might say "I had my heart in my mouth."

Some people have lots of money because they were born into a very rich family. There is an expression for this too. You might say such a person was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. This rich person is the opposite of a person who lives from hand to mouth. This person is very poor and only has enough money for the most important things in life, like food.

Parents might sometimes withhold sweet food from a child as a form of punishment for saying bad things. For example, if a child says things she should not say to her parents, she might be described as a mouthy child. The parents might even tell the child to stop mouthing off. But enough of all this talk, I have been running my mouth long enough.

Words and their stories in VOA Special English was written by Jill Moss. I'm Faith Lapidus.

monica1020

homework
People use their mouth for many things, they eat, talk, shout and sing, they smile and they kiss, in the English language, there are many expression using the word “mouth”, but some of them are not so nice, For example, if you say bad thing about a person, the person might protect and say “do not bad mouth with me”, sometime people say something to a friend or a family member, they say little regret because hurt that person’s feelings, or they tell the person something they were not suppose to tell, the speaker may say “I really put my foot on mouth this time,” if it should happen, the speaker might feel down in the mouth, in another words, he might feel sad for saying the wrong thing,.
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homework

Now the VOA Special English program: Words And Their Stories.

People use their mouth for many things.They eat,talk,shout and sing.They smile and they kiss.In the English language there are many expressions using the word "mouth".But some of them are not so nice.For example,if you say bad things about a person,the person might protest and say "Do not bad mouth me."Sometimes people say something to a friend or a family member that they later regret because it hurts that person's feelings or they tell the person something they were not supposed to tell.The speaker might say "I really put my foot in my mouth this time.If this should happen,the speaker might feel down in the mouth.In other words,he might feel sad for saying the wrong thing.

Another situation is when someone falely claims another person said something.The other person might protest "I did not say that,do not put words in my mouth".Information is often spread through word of mouth.This is general communication between people like friends talking to each other.How do you hear about that new movie,someone might ask."On,by word of mouth".A more official way of getting information is through a company or a government mouthpiece.This is an official spokesperson.Government-run media could also be called a mouthpiece.

Sometime when one person is speaking,he says the same thing that his friend was going to say.When this happend the friend might say "you took the words right out my mouth."Sometimes a person has a bad or unpleasant experience with another person.He might say "that experience left a bad taste in my mouth."Or the person might have had a very frightening experience like being chased by an angry dog.He might say "I had my heart in my mouth."

Some people have lots of money because they were born into a very rich family.There is an expression for this too.You might say such a person was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.This rich person is the opposite of a person who lives from hand to mouth.This person is very poor and only has enough money for the most important things in life,like food.

Parents might sometimes with hold sweet food from the child as a form of punishment for saying bad things.For example,if a child says things she should not say to her parents,she might be discribed as a mouthy child.The parents might even tell the child to stop mouthing off.But enough of all this talk,I have been running my mouth long enough.

Words and their stories in VOA Special English was written by J.M. I'm F.L.

janetyan83

作业请注明homework——angel

People use their mouth for many things, they eat, talk, shout and sing, they smile and they kiss. In the English language, there are many expressions using the word mouth. But some of them are not so nice. For example, if you say bad things about a person, the person might protest and say: “do not bad mouth me!” sometimes, people say something to a friend or family member that they later regret because it hurts that person’s feeling, or they tell the person something they were not supposed to tell. The speaker might say: “ I really put my foot in my mouth this time.” If this should happen, the speaker might feel down in the mouth, in other words, he might feel sad for saying the wrong thing. Another situation is when someone falsely claims another person say something, the other person might protest: “I did not say that! Do not put words in my mouth!” information is often spread through word of mouth. This is general communication between people like friends talking to each other. How did you hear about that new movie, someone might ask. Oh, by word of mouth, a more official way of getting information is through a company or government mouthpiece. This is an official spokesperson. Government run media could also be called a mouthpiece. Sometimes, when one person is speaking, he says the same thing that his friend is going to say, when this happens, the friend might say: “you took the words right out of my mouth!” sometimes, a person has a bad or unpleasant experience with another person, he might say, that experience left a bad taste in my mouth! Or the person might have had a very frightening experience, like being chased by an angry dog. He might say, I had my heart in my mouth! Some people have lots of money because they were born into a very rich family, there is an expression for this, too. You might say such a person was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. This rich person is the opposite of a person who live from hand to mouth. This person is very poor and only has enough money for the most important thing in life, like food. Parents might sometimes with hold sweet food from a child as a form of punishment for saying bad things. For example, if a child says things she should not say to her parents, she might be described as a mouthy child. The parents might even tell the child to stop mouthing off. But enough of all this mouthy talk, I have been running my mouth long enough.

angela_yu

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Now the VOA Special English Program words and stories.
Pepole use their mouth for mang things.They eat,talk,shout and sing.They smile and kiss.In the English language there are many experisions using the word:mouth.But some of them are not so nice.For example,if you say bad thing about person,the person might protest and say:"Do not bad mouth for me."Sometimes people say something to a friend or a family number,that say later regret because hurts that person's feeling.Or they tell the person something they were not supposed to tell.The speaker might say :"I'v really put my forton my mouth this time."If this should happen,the speaker might feel down in the mouth.In other words,he might feel said for saying the wrong thing.Another situation is when someone focus cliams another person say something.The other person might protest :" I did not say that do not put words in my mouth."Information is often surpriesd through word of mouth.This is guaneral communition between people ,like friends talking to each other."How did you hear abou that new movie?"someone may asked."Oh.By word of mouth."A more a fashion way of getting an information is though a company or government mouthes.This is an official spokeperson.government ran media could also because of mouthes.Sometimes when one person is speaking he says the same thing that his friend was going to say.When this happens the friend might say :"You talk the words right out of my mouth."Sometimes a person has a bad unpleasant experience with another person.He mighet say that experience lefe the bad test in my mouth.Or the person might have had a very frightening experience,like being chest by an angry dog.He might say :"I had my heart in my mouth."Some people have lots of money because they were born into a very rich family.There is an experision for this too.you might say such a person was born with a sillable in his mouth.This rich person is the opposite of the person who lives from hand to mouth.This person is very poor and only has enough money for his imporant things in life,like food.Parents might sometimes with hold sweet food from their child punishment for saying that things.For example,if a child says something she should not say her parents.She might be described as a mouth of child. The parents might even tell the child to stop noisying off.But of this talk.I have been running my mouth enough.

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Now the VOA Special English Program Words and Their Stories.

People use their mouth for many things. They eat, talk, shout and sing. They smile and they kiss. In the English language, there are many expressions using the word "mouth". But some of them are not so nice.

For example, if you say bad things about a person, the person might protest and say "Do not bad mouth me." Sometimes people say something to a friend or family member that they later regret because it hurts that person's feelings or they tell the person something they were not supposed to tell. The speaker might say "I really put my foot in my mouth this time." If this should happen, the speaker might feel down in the mouth, in other words, he might feel sad for saying the wrong thing.

Another situation is when someone falsely claims another person said something. The other person might protest "I did not say that, do not put words in my mouth". Information is often spread through word of mouth. This is general communication between people like friends talking to each other. "How did you hear about that new movie", someone might ask. "Oh, by word of mouth". A more official way of getting information is through a company or government mouthpiece. This is an official spokesperson. Government-run media could also be called a mouthpiece.

Sometimes when one person is speaking, he says the same thing that his friend was going to say. When this happens, the friend might say "You took the words right out of my mouth". Sometimes a person has a bad or unpleasant experience with another person, he might say "that experience left a bad taste in my mouth". Or the person might have had a very frightening experience like being chased by an angry dog. He might say "I had my heart in my mouth."

Some people have lots of money because they were born into a very rich family. There is an expression for this too. You might say such a person was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. This rich person is the opposite of a person who lives from hand to mouth. This person is very poor and only has enough money for the most important things in life, like food.

Parents might sometimes withhold sweet food from a child as a form of punishment for saying bad things. For example, if a child says things she should not say to her parents, she might be described as a mouthy child. The parents might even tell the child to stop mouthing off. But enough of all this talk, I have been running my mouth long enough.

Words and Their Stories in VOA Special English was written by Jill Moss. I'm Faith Lapidus.

sunbei4210

homework：
People use their mouth for many things. They eat, talk, shout and sing. They smile and they kiss. In the English language, there are many expressions using the word “mouth”. But some of them are not so nice. For example, if you say bad things about a person. The person might protect and say: “ Do not bad mouth me.” Sometimes people say something to a friend or a family member that they later regret, because it hurts that person’s feelings or they tell the person something they were not supposed to tell, the speaker might say: “ I really put my foot in my mouth this time.” If this should happen, the speaker might feel down in the mouth. In another word, he might feel sad for saying the wrong thing.

Another situation is when someone falsely claims another person said something, the other person might protect: “I did not say that. Do not put words in my mouth.” Information is often spread through word of mouth. This is general communication between people, like friends talking to each other. “ How do you hear about that new movie?” someone might ask: “ Oh, by word of mouth.” A more official way of getting information is through a company or government mouthpiece, this is an official spokesperson. Government-run media could also be called a mouthpiece.

Sometimes when one person is speaking, he says the same thing that his friend is going to say. If this happen, his friend might say: “ You took the words right out of my mouth.” Sometime a person had a bad or unpleasant experience with another person, he might say that the experience left a bad taste in my mouth. Or a person might have a very frighten experience like being chased by an angry dog. He might say: “ I had my heart in my mouth.”

Some people have a lot of money because they were born into a very rich family. There is an expression for this too. You might say: “ such a person was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.” This rich person is the opposite of a person who lives from hand to mouth. This person is very poor and only had enough money for the most important things in life, like food.

Parents might sometimes withhold sweet food from a child as a form of punishment for saying bad things. For example, if a child says things she should not say to her parents, she might be described as a mouthy child. The parents might even tell the child to stop mouthing off. But enough of all this talk, I have been running my mouth long enough.

beisuo

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Now the VOA special English program : words and their stories

People use their mouth for many things. They eat, talk, shout and sing, they smile and kiss. In the English language, there are many expressions using in the word now. But some of them, mouth are not so nice . For example if you say bad things about a person . The person might protest and say “do not bad mouth me”.
Sometimes people say something to a friend or family number , they say the later regret , because it hurts that person’s feelings
or they tell the person something they were not supposed to tell .
The speaker might say “I really put my feet in my mouth this time”. If this should happen, the speaker might feel down in the mouth. In other words he might feel sad for saying the wrong thing.
Anther situation is when someone falsely claim other person said something. The other person might protest : I did not say that , do not put words in my mouth. Information is often spread through word of mouth.
This is a general communication between people like friends talking to each other. “How did you hear about that new movie? ” someone might ask. “Oh, by word of mouth!” A more official way of getting information. It’s through a company or government mouthpiece. This is an official spokesperson. Government run media could also be called a mouthpiece.
Sometime when one person is speaking , he says the same thing that his friend was going to say. When this happens, the friend might say : you took the word right out of my mouth. sometime a person has a bad or unpleasant experience with anther person. He might say that experience left a bad taste in my mouth , or , the person might have had a very frighten experience , like being chased by an angry dog, he might say I had my heart in my mouth.
Some people have lots of money because they were born into a very rich family. There is an expression for this too. You might say such a person was born with a sliver spoon in his mouth. This rich person is opposite of a person who lives from hand to mouth . This person is very poor and only has enough money for the most important thing in life, like food.
Parents might sometimes with hold sweet food from a child as a form of punishment for saying bad thing. For example, if a child says things she should not say to her parents ,she might be described as a mouthy child. The parents might even tell the child to stop mouthing off ! But enough of all this talk I have been running my mouth long enough.

Words and their stories in VOA special English was written by Jill Moss .I’m Faith Lapidus.
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annie63yang

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Pepole use their mouse for many things.they eat talk shout and sing, they simle and they kiss. In the english languish there are many exprection using in the word mouse, but some of them are not so nice. For example if you say bad thing about a person, the person my protest and say do not bad mouse to me. Sometimes pepole say something to her friends or familymenber, that they latte regret, because it hurts that person’s feelings or they tell pepole something they were not supported to tell. The speaker might say I really put my foot in my mouse this time if this should happen, this speaker might feel down in the mouse. In another word, he might fell sad for saying the wrong thing. Anther situation is when someone fall sleep when another person say something, the other person may protest, I did not say that. Do not put words in my mouse.” Information often spread through the word of mouse, this is gerneral situation between pepole, like friends talking to each other”how did you hear that new of movie?” some one might ask,”oh, by word of mouse.” A more afisher way of getting a information is through a company or a government about ,this is a unfisher and government run media could also be called a mouse miss. Sometimes, when one person is speaking, he says the same thing that his friend was going to say. When this happen, the friend might say you toke the words out of my mouse. Sometimes a person has a sad or unpresent experience with another person, he might say that experience or the person might say he has a frigtening experience, like been chase by a angry dog, he might say I have a hot in my mouse. Some pepole have lots of money, because they were born in a very rich family. There is a expresion for this too. You might say such a person was born with a siliver spoon in his mouse, this rich person is a office a person who is hand to mouse. This person is very poor and only has enough money for the most important things in life, like food, parents may sometime with holder sweet food for a child as a form for punishment for saying bad things. for example, if a child says things she should not say to her parents, she might be just cry as a mousing child, the parents might even tell the child just stop mousing on. But I have might runing my mouse words long enough.

samuel1004

Homework:

People use their mouth for many things. They eat, talk, shout, and sing. They smile and kiss. In the English language, there are many expressions using the word mouth. But some of them are not so nice. For example, if you say bad things about a person. The person might protest and say do not bad mouth me.

Sometimes people say something to a friend or a family member that they later regret because that hurts that person's feelings or they tell the person something they were not supposed to tell. The speaker might say I really put my foot in my mouth this time. If this should happen, the speaker might feel down of the mouth. In other words, he might feel sad for saying the wrong thing.Another situation is when someone falsely claims another person said something. The other person might protest I did not say that. Do not put words in my mouth.

Information is often spread through word of mouth. This is general communication between people like friends talking to each other. How did you hear about that new movie? Someone might ask. Oh, by word of mouth. A more official way of getting information is through a company or government mouthpiece. This is an official spokesperson. Government-run media could also be called a mouthpiece.

Sometimes when one person is speaking, he says the same thing that his friend is going to say. As this happens, the friend might say you took the words right out of my mouth. Sometimes a person has a bad or unpleasant experience with another person, he might say that experience left a bad taste in my mouth. Or the person might have had a very frightening experience like being chased by an angry dog. He might say I had my heat in my mouth.

Some people have lots of money, because they were born into a very rich family. There is an expression for this too. You might say such a person was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. This rich person is the opposite of a person who lives from hand to mouth. This person is very poor and only has enough money for the most important things in life, like food.

Parents might sometimes withhold sweet food from a child as a form of punishment for saying that things. For example, if the child says things she should not say to her parents. She might be described as a mouthy child. The parents might even tell the child to stop mouthing off. But enough of all this talk, I have been running my mouth long enough.

jayhuecko

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Now the VOA Special English programme words and their stories.

People use their mouth for many things. They eat, talk, shout and sing.They smile and they kiss.In the English language there are many expressions using the word "mouth".But some of them are not so nice.For example, if you say bad things about a person,the person may protest and say "Do not bad mouth me".Sometimes people say something to a friend or a family member that they later regret because it hurts that person's feelings, or they tell the person something they were not supposed to tell. The speaker might say "I really put my foot on my mouth this time".If this should happen, the speaker might feel down in the mouth. In another word, he might feel sad for saying the wrong thing.

Another situation is when someone forcely claims another person say something. The other person might protest "I did not say that. Do not put words in my mouth." Information is often spread through word of mouth. This is general communication between people like friends talking to each other."How did you hear about that new movie ?" someone might ask. "Oh, by word of mouth." A more official way of getting information is through a company or government mouthpiece. This is an official spokesperson. Government-run media could also be called a mouthpiece.

Sometimes when one person is speaking, he says the same thing that his friend was going to say. When this happens , the friend might say "You took the words right out of my mouth." Sometimes a person has a bad or unpleasant experience with another person. He might say "That experience left a bad taste in my mouth." Or the person might have had a very frightening experience like being chased by an angry dog. He might say "I had my heart in my mouth."

Some people have lots of money because they were born into a very rich family. There is an expression for this too. You might say "Such a person was born with a silver spoon in his mouth." This rich person is the opposite of a person who lives from hand to mouth. This person is very poor and only has enough for the most important things in life like food.

Parents might sometimes withhold sweet food from a child as a form of punishment for saying bad thing. For example, if a child says thing that she should not say to her parents, she might be described as a mouthy child. The parents might even tell the child to stop mouthing off. But enough of all this talk, I have been running my mouth long enough.

Words and their stories in VOA Special English was written by Jill Mose. I'm Faith Lapidus.

sophia.xuyang

按阶梯改稿原则，您应该在waitm的基础上进行修改。希望下次注意——angel

on chxpwuxi

Homework

Now the VOA Sepcial English Program Words and Their Stories.

People use their mouth for many things. They eat, talk, shout and sing. They smile and kiss. In the English language there are many expressions using the word "mouth". But some of them are not so nice. For example, if you say bad things about a person. The person might protest and say do not badmouth me. Sometimes people say something to a friend or family member that they led regret because it hurts that person's feelings or they tell the person something they were not surposed to tell. The speaker might say I really put my food in my mouth this time. If this should happen, the speaker might feel down in the mouth. In other words, he might feel sad for saying the wrong thing.

Another situation is when someone falsely claims another person said something. The other person might protest. I did not say that, do not put words in my mouth. Information is often spread through word of mouth. This is general communication between people like friends talking to each other. "How do you hear about that new movie?" someone might ask. Oh, by word of mouth. A more official way of getting information is through a company or government mouthpiece. This is an official spokesperson. Government run media could also be called a mouthpiece.

Sometimes, when one person is speaking, he says the same thing that his friend was going to say. When this happenes, the friend might say, you took the words right out of my mouth. Sometimes a person had a bad or unpleasant experience with another person. He might say that experience left a bad taste in my mouth. Or the person might have had a very frighten experience while being chased by an angry dog. He might say I had my heart in my mouth.

Some people have lots of money because they were born into a very rich family. There is an expression for this too. You might say such a person was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. This rich person is the opposite of a person who lives from hand to mouth. This person is very poor and only has unenough money for most important things in life, like food.

Parents might sometimes withhold sweet food from a child as a form of punishment for saying bad things. For example, if a child says things she should not say to her parents. She might be described as a mouthy-child. The parents might even tell the child to stop mouthing off. But unenough all this talk, I've have been running my mouth long enough.

Words and Their Stories in VOA Special English was written by Jill Moss. I'm Faith Lapidus.

reedwinter

作业请注明homework——angel

Now the VOA Special English program: Words and Their Stories.

People use their mouth for many things. They eat, talk, shout and sing. They smile and they kiss. In the English language, there are many expressions using the word "mouth". But some of them are not so nice. For example, if you say bad things about a person, the person might protect and say "Do not bad mouth me." Sometimes people say something to a friend or family member that they later regret because it hurts that person's feelings or they tell the person something they will not suppose to tell. The speaker might say "I really put my foot in my mouth this time." If this should happen, the speaker might feel "down in the mouth", in other words, he might feel sad for saying the wrong thing.

Another situation is when someone forcely claims another person said something. The other person might protect "I did not say that; do not put words in my mouth". Information is often spread through word of mouth. This is general communication between people like friends talking to each other. "How did you hear about that new movie", someone might ask. "Oh, by word of mouth". A more official way of getting information is through a company or government mouthpiece. This is an official spokesperson. Government-run media could also be called a mouthpiece.

Sometimes when one person is speaking, he says the same thing that his friend was going to say. When this happens, the friend might say "You took the words right out of my mouth". Sometimes a person has a bad or unpleasant experience with another person; he might say that experience left a bad taste in my mouth. Or the person might have a very frightening experience like being chased by an angry dog. He might says "I had my heart in my mouth."

Some people have lots of money because they were born into a very rich family. There is an expression for this too. You might say such a person was born with a silver spoon in him mouth. This rich person is the opposite of a person who lives from hand to mouth. This person is very poor and only has enough money for the most important things in life, like food.

Parents might sometimes withhold sweet food from a child as a form of punishment for saying bad things. For example, if a child says thing she should not say to her parents, she might be described as a mouthing child. The parents might even tell the child to stop mouthing off. But enough of all this talk, I have been running my mouth long enough.

colx

Homework 19

Now the VOA Sepcial English Program Words and Their Stories.

People use their mouth for many things. They eat, talk, shout and sing. They smile and kiss.

In the English language there are many expressions using the word "mouth". But some of them are not so nice. For example, if you say bad thing about a person. The person might protest and say “do not badmouth me”.

Sometimes people say something to a friend or family member that they later regret because it hurts that person's feelings or they tell the person’s something they were not surpose to tell. The speaker might say I really put my foot in my mouth this time. If this should happen, the speaker might feel down in the mouth. In another words, he might feel sad for saying the wrong thing.

Another situation is when someone forcely claims another person say something. The other person might protest.’”I did not say that, do not put words in my mouth. “

Information is often spread through word of mouth. This is general communication between people like friends talking to each other.
"How did you hear about that new movie?" someone might ask.
“Oh, by word of mouth.”

A more official way of getting information is through a company or government mouthpiece. This is an official spokesperson. Government run media could also be called a mouthpicec.

Sometimes, when one person is speaking, he says the same thing that his friend was going to say. When this happenes, the friend might say, “You took the words right out of my mouth. “

Sometimes a person had a bad or unpleasant experience with another person. He might say that experience left a bad taste in my mouth. Or the person might have had a very frightening experience, like being chased by an angry dog. He might say ”I had my heart in my mouth”.

Some people have lots of money because he was born into a very rich family. There is an expression for this too. You might say such a person was born with silverr spoon in his mouth. This rich person is the opposite of a person who lives from hand to mouth. This person is very poor and only has enough money for most important things in life, like food.

Parents might sometimes withhold sweet food from a child as a form of punishment for saying bad things. For example, if a child says things she should not say to her parents. She might be described as a mouthing-child. The parents might even tell the child to stop mouthing off. But ?enough all these talk, I've have been running my mouth long enough.

Words and Their Stories in VOA Special English was written by Jill Moss. I'm Faith Lapidus.

slala

Homework:

Now the VOA Special English Program, Words and their Stories.

People use their mouth for many things. They eat,talk,shout and sing. They smile and they kiss. In the English language, there are many expressions using the word "mouth". But some of them are not so nice. For example, if you say bad things about a person, the person might protest and say "do not bad mouth me". Sometimes people say something to a friend or family member that they later regret because it hurts that person's feeling. Or they tell the person something they were not supposed to tell. The speaker might say "I really put my foot in my mouth this time". If this should happen, the speaker might feel down in the mouth. In other words, he might feel sad for saying the wrong thing.

Another situation is when someone falsely claims another person said something. The other person might protest " I did not say that, do not put words in my mouth". Information is often spread through word of mouth. This is general communication between people like friends talking to each other. "How did you hear about that new movie?", someone might ask. "Oh, by word of mouth." A more official way of getting information is through a company or government mouthpiece. This is an official spokesperson. Government-run media could also be called a mouthpiece.

Sometimes, when one person is speaking, he says the same thing that his friend was going to say. When this happens, the friend might say "you took the words right out of my mouth". Sometimes a person has a bad or unpleasant experience with another person. He might say "that experience left a bad taste in my mouth". Or the person might have had a very frightening experience like being chased by an angry dog. They might say " I had my heart in my mouth".

Some people have lots of money because they were born into a very rich family. There is an expression for this too. You might say "such a person was born with a silver spoon in his mouth". This rich person is the opposite of a person who lives from hand to mouth. This person is very poor and only has enough money for the most important things in life, like food. Parents might sometimes withhold sweet food from a child as a form of punishment for saying bad things. For example, if a child says things she should not say to her parents, she might be described as a mouthy child. The parents might even tell the child to stop mouthing off. But enough of all this talk, I have been running my mouth long enough.

Words and their Stories in VOA Special English was written by Jill Mose. I am Faith Lapidus.