A slip of the tongue（口误）

说明：文中的圈圈为重读单词，斜线为节奏划分线，可作为朗读参考。

表达延伸

1、get round四处传遍

It's pretty easy for rumors to get round.

同类谚语：好事不出门，坏事传千里。

A word of scandal spreads like a spot of oil.

For evil news rides fast, while good news baits later.

Bad news travels fast.

2、dull/boring/go flat/tedious无聊单调

3、self-mocking; self-deprecating自嘲的

mock oneself自嘲

4、rookie mistake; stupid mistake; basic mistake低级错误

5、butcher 

v. 屠杀

He butchered thousand of people as a butcher.

破坏 to spoil sth. by doing it badly

The script was good, but those guys butchered it.

n.屠夫，肉贩，刽子手

idioms

have/take a butcher's （at）观看

Let's have a butcher's at your present.

butcher the word 说错了（口语）

6、butt of joke烂笑话

7、petrified

石化的

petrified forest

吓坏了，特怕的

I was petrified of snakes.