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That's not what legal tender means, and the expression "boot out of your mouth" is a new one to me. Perhaps you meant the more derogatory "foot out of your mouth"?


I assumed it would be to do with this: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Bootlicker - as in, you are being criticised for apparently siding with people that you should more correctly see as your oppressors.

It is always possible I have misunderstood the point too.


Your understanding of the phrase as linked is exactly how I meant it.




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