backfire on someone

backfire on

To not proceed as one had planned or hoped. My plan to convince my parents that I'm responsible enough to have a car promptly backfired on me when I came home after curfew. The invading army's strategy completely backfired on them because they failed to account for the icy mountain terrain.

backfire (on someone)

in. [for a scheme meant to cause harm to someone or something] to harm the person who runs the scheme. I hope this plan doesn’t backfire on me.

词组	backfire on someone
释义	backfire on someone backfire on To not proceed as one had planned or hoped. My plan to convince my parents that I'm responsible enough to have a car promptly backfired on me when I came home after curfew. The invading army's strategy completely backfired on them because they failed to account for the icy mountain terrain. See also: backfire, on Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. backfire (on someone) in. [for a scheme meant to cause harm to someone or something] to harm the person who runs the scheme. I hope this plan doesn’t backfire on me. See also: backfire, on, someone McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See also: backfire backfire on get stuck into (something) go in one ear and out the other a leopard cannot change its spots a leopard can't change his spots a leopard can't change its spots a leopard does not change its spots a leopard doesn't change its spots argue into doing
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