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drop a clanger
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drop a clanger  (British & Australian informal)
to say something by accident that embarrasses or upsets someone I dropped a clanger by asking John how his dog was when it's been dead three months.
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What I didn't know until this week, however, is that a Clanger first appeared in an episode of Noggin the Nog, when it landed in a small spaceship during the inauguration of a new horse trough.
Lament for the passing of Oliver Postgate by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
I know he dropped a clanger against Manchester United that led to a goal, but all keepers, even the greatest of them, drop clangers and make total mess-ups now and again.
Letter: POST SOAPBOX - Turner prize by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
And there is always the possibility of a clanger from Tomas Repka, who inexplicably barged over Heidar Helguson in the penalty box in last Sunday's win at Watford - a similar error of judgement today could be catastrophic.
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