be cutting your own throat

be cutting (one's) own throat

To be causing problems for oneself with one's own actions (which are often motivated by anger). I know you're mad at me, but I really think you're cutting your own throat here—running away is only going to make your life harder.

be cutting your own throat

If someone is cutting their own throat, they are doing something which will damage them or make them fail. I think the union is cutting its own throat because if they go on strike, there will be even more jobs lost. Note: The verb slit is sometimes used instead of cut. They are slitting their own throats by putting their prices up.

词组	be cutting your own throat
释义	be cutting your own throat be cutting (one's) own throat To be causing problems for oneself with one's own actions (which are often motivated by anger). I know you're mad at me, but I really think you're cutting your own throat here—running away is only going to make your life harder. See also: cutting, own, throat Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. be cutting your own throat If someone is cutting their own throat, they are doing something which will damage them or make them fail. I think the union is cutting its own throat because if they go on strike, there will be even more jobs lost. Note: The verb slit is sometimes used instead of cut. They are slitting their own throats by putting their prices up. See also: cutting, own, throat Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. See also: be cutting (one's) own throat cut (one's) own throat cut one’s own throat cut your own throat on one's own account noggin at will chew (one's) own tobacco chew own tobacco of your own accord
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