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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)
verb
[UK: kʌt ɒf wʌnz nəʊz tuː spaɪt wʌnz feɪs] [US: ˈkət ˈɒf wʌnz noʊz ˈtuː ˈspaɪt wʌnz ˈfeɪs]

shoot oneself in the foot(to act against one's own interest)
verb

darsi la zappa sui piedi adjective

hoist by one's own petard(be hurt by one's own plot)
adjective

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)
phrase