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Shoot yourself in the foot

to do or say something stupid which causes problems for you.

My brother has shot himself in the foot twice by turning down buyers for his house.

可以理解为

自找苦吃
搬石头砸自己的脚

whose foot?
How could one shoot himself in his foot?

related slang:  cut off your nose to spite your face

Cut off your nose to spite your face

Meaning

Disadvantage yourself in order to do harm to an adversary.

Origin

The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations lists this proverb as "mid 16th century - mid 14th century in French". I wouldn't doubt them but the earliest citation I can find in print is much later. Grose's 1796 edition of the 'Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue' explains it thus:

"He cut off his nose to be revenged of his face. Said of one who, to be revenged on his neighbour, has materially injured himself."

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原帖由 服务软件外语族 于 2007-9-19 11:22 发表
whose foot?
How could one shoot himself in his foot?

related slang:  cut off your nose to spite your face

could be anyone's foot

I dont know, crazy people DO crazy things.

只有看的份额，还理解不过来。

引用:

crazy people DO crazy things.

I like it.

And, nice origin citation. Really appreciate it.

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原帖由 reika 于 2007-9-19 14:30 发表

只有看的份额，还理解不过来。

不要急，慢慢来

理解了，就是凑不上热闹。

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