blow up in one's face en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic, intransitive) To fail disastrously.
If I took the risk to speak with my friend and the whole thing blew up in my face, I'd probably feel ashamed and exposed whenever I thought about it for a very, very long time.
1999, Dena Rosenbloom, Mary Beth Williams, Barbara E. Watkins, Life after trauma: a workbook for healing:So I wish you luck, but don't come crying to me when it blows up in your face.
2002, Joan Barfoot, Critical injuries, page 118:Whether the specific pecking order of the game I let them play today had anything to do with the fact that it blew up in my face after five minutes is a question that can be answered only in empirical terms.
1972, James Whittaker, Albert Trieschman, editors, Children Away from Home: A Sourcebook of Residential Treatment:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| blew up in one's face | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| blowing up in one's face | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| blows up in one's face | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| blown up in one's face | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
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Translations (13)
cs vybouchnout (fail disastrously) · ru с тре́ском провали́ться (fail disastrously) · hy տապալվել (fail disastrously) · fr péter à la gueule (fail disastrously) · cmn 栽跟頭 /栽跟头 (fail disastrously) · pt explodir na cara de (fail disastrously) · fr exploser à la gueule (fail disastrously) · es explotar en la cara de (fail disastrously) · af jou gat sien (fail disastrously) · fi räjähtää silmille (fail disastrously) · hy ձախողվել (fail disastrously) · de ins Auge gehen (fail disastrously) · de jemandem auf die Füße fallen (fail disastrously)