The other person might protest: "I did not say that. Do not put words in my mouth."
Information is often spread through "word of mouth." This is general communication between people, like friends talking to each other.
"How did you hear about that new movie?" someone might ask. "Oh, by word of mouth."
A more official way of getting information is through a company or government "mouthpiece."
This is an official spokesperson. Government-run media could also be called a "mouthpiece."
Sometimes when one person is speaking, he says the same thing that his friend was going to say.
When this happens, the friend might say: "You took the words right out of my mouth!"
Sometimes a person has a bad or unpleasant experience with another person. He might say that experience "left a bad taste in my mouth."
