shoot one's mouth off

shoot one's mouth off

1. (slang) To make reckless or exaggerated statements.
   • 1943, David Deutsch, "Heard in the Lobbies," The Canadian Jewish Chronicle, 16 July, (retrieved 7 Jan. 2010):

     George Jessel . . . is still shooting his mouth off as though nothing mattered except his own gift for wise-cracks.

   • 2004, Alex Witchel, "The Salon Keeper," New York Times, 28 March, (retrieved 7 Jan. 2010):

     I never shot my mouth off, I was quiet and I listened.

• mouth off
• shoot from the lip

• loudmouth