Mentioning her ex-husband was a bit of a clanger.
提及她的前夫是有点令人难堪的失言。
He was always dropping clangers(= making embarrassing mistakes or remarks) .
他总是出岔子，令人十分尴尬。
1.〈英口〉大错误;荒唐的错误
1.an unwise or embarrassing mistake
2.an embarrassing mistake, especially while you are talking. To drop a clanger means to make an embarrassing mistake like this.
1.Brazil keeper Helton dropped a clanger as he fumbled Arjen Robben's shot that let Chelsea back into the last-16 second-leg clash.
巴西门将赫尔顿在扑救罗本的射门时犯下了低级失误，使得切尔西在16强淘汰赛第二轮取胜。
2.The Bedfordshire Clanger is (or was) a variation on the same idea using a suet crust.
过失的贝德福德郡是（或）的变体同样的想法用羊脂地壳。
3.The secretary dropped a clanger when she mentioned the cancel of the order to her boss who had just had a quarrel with his girlfriend.
老板刚和女朋友吵了一架，所以秘书提到取消订货单的事，说得真不是时候。
4.I'm not saying he dropped that now-legendary clanger against Real because he had had fish and chips two days earlier.
当然，我并不是说，卡恩在对皇马那场比赛犯下经典错误前两天也吃了炸鱼土豆条。
5.To error is human, and even the most efficient employee will eventually drop a clanger.
是人就会犯错，即使最能干的雇员最终也总会干傻事。
6.clanger when she mentioned the broken window.
她提到打碎的窗子时说得真不是时候。
7.She dropped a clanger when she mentioned his ex-wife.
当她提到他的前妻时，真是哪壶不开提那壶。