Olasz | Angol |
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darsi la zappa sui piedi verb | cut off one's nose to spite one's face(harm oneself as a result of trying to harm an adversary) shoot oneself in the foot(to act against one's own interest) |
darsi la zappa sui piedi adjective | hoist by one's own petard(be hurt by one's own plot) |
darsi la zappa sui piedi phrase | like turkeys voting for Christmas(of an action: self-defeating or serving to bring about a situation detrimental to the person performing the action) |