| Offered a chance to walk his gaffe back, the poor fellow only digs himself deeper. |
| Only then, having realised their diplomatic gaffe, did the White House alter its stance. |
| Jubilant children can now go to their chosen schools after education chiefs admitted an embarrassing gaffe. |
| Often a media gaffe is not an isolated malapropism but a reflection of an executive's whole attitude. |
| Now a gaffe by the Highways Agency and the county council has left Lancastrians open to gibes from their Yorkshire neighbours. |
| It is said in Washington that a gaffe is when someone slips up and tells the truth. |
