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Meaning of 搬石头砸自己的脚

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搬 bān 石 shí 头 tou 砸 zá 自 zì 己 jǐ 的 de 脚 jiǎo (Trad.: 搬石頭砸自己的腳)HSK 6
to move a stone and stub one's toe; to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)
Example Sentences
1
什么叫自搬石头砸自己的脚
?
What is the removal of the stones on their own feet?
2
不恰当的政策只会是搬石头砸自己的脚
。
Badly designed policies can be self-defeating.
3
日本在给自己的人民造核武器
;
搬石头砸自己的脚
。
Japan drops nuclear weapons on its own people.
4
大约
30
秒后
,
我醒悟了过来
,
意识到
,
我是在搬石头砸自己的脚
,
对吧
?
And about 30 seconds later, I came to my senses and I realized that I had done exactly the wrong thing, right?
5
不管其来源如何
,
它是残忍的有些滑稽
,
而不幸的巧合
,
粗俗的双关挖讽
,
因果业报
,
和自己搬石头砸自己的脚等困扰着他
。
Whatever its origin, it is comically ruthless, assaulting him with unlucky coincidences, coarse puns, karmic blowbacks, and punctual hoistings by his own petard.