He's dropped a real clanger.
Source: tatoeba (10153555)
Clanger
//ˈklæŋ.ə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "clanger" (30 found)
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6 translations across 3 languages.
French
1 entries- couac noun (noticeable mistake)
German
3 entries- Fauxpas noun (noticeable mistake)
- Fehltritt noun (noticeable mistake)
- Schnitzer noun (noticeable mistake)
Swedish
2 entries- klavertramp noun (noticeable mistake)
- tabbe noun (noticeable mistake)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
He dropped an awful clanger.
Source: tatoeba (10529601)
The front and patio doors are bugged. When you open one a contact breaks and off goes the clanger.
Source: wiktionary
The conversation was hard-going; we didn't click at all, but then he dropped the clanger: Beazley has done a lunch with Maxine McKew and ‘It will be read as he wants to come back. Our people want to go big with it.’
Source: wiktionary
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