out of the side of one's mouth
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Etymology edit
Compare out of both sides of one's mouth.
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Prepositional phrase edit
out of the side of one's mouth
- (figuratively) Falsely; untruthfully; inaccurately.
- speak out of the side of one's mouth
- talk out of the side of one's mouth
- 2024 January 15, 7:11 from the start, Vote 2024, in Joseph Camp, director, PBS NewsHour[1] (television production), spoken by Chris Garcia, via Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), archived from the original on 2024-01-15:
- He [Donald Trump] says some things that, uh, I don't, don't know where he's getting 'em from. I think he talks out of the side of his mouth before he realizes what he says.