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"glosses": [
"To behave in a way that is likely to have future negative effects on oneself, including (but not limited to) death."
],
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"(idiomatic) To behave in a way that is likely to have future negative effects on oneself, including (but not limited to) death."
],
"related": [
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"word": "make one's bed and lie in it"
},
{
"word": "take it out on"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "cut off one's nose to spite one's face"
},
{
"word": "dig oneself in a hole"
},
{
"word": "shoot oneself in the foot"
},
{
"word": "sign one's death warrant"
}
],
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"translations": [
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to act in a way expected to backfire",
"word": "自掘墳墓"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zìjuéfénmù",
"sense": "to act in a way expected to backfire",
"word": "自掘坟墓"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to act in a way expected to backfire",
"word": "grave sin egen grav"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to act in a way expected to backfire",
"word": "kaivaa omaa hautaansa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to act in a way expected to backfire",
"word": "creuser sa tombe"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to act in a way expected to backfire",
"word": "creuser sa propre tombe"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to act in a way expected to backfire",
"word": "grafa sér gröf"
},
{
"alt": "ぼけつをほる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "boketsu o horu",
"sense": "to act in a way expected to backfire",
"word": "墓穴を掘る"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to act in a way expected to backfire",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "wykopywać sobie/swój własny grób"
},
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to act in a way expected to backfire",
"tags": [
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"word": "wykopać sobie/swój własny grób"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to act in a way expected to backfire",
"word": "cavar a própria cova"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to act in a way expected to backfire",
"word": "cavar su propia tumba"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to act in a way expected to backfire",
"word": "gräva sin egen grav"
}
]
}
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{
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},
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}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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"word": "make one's bed and lie in it"
},
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"word": "take it out on"
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"glosses": [
"To behave in a way that is likely to have future negative effects on oneself, including (but not limited to) death."
],
"links": [
[
"behave",
"behave"
]
],
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"(idiomatic) To behave in a way that is likely to have future negative effects on oneself, including (but not limited to) death."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "cut off one's nose to spite one's face"
},
{
"word": "dig oneself in a hole"
},
{
"word": "shoot oneself in the foot"
},
{
"word": "sign one's death warrant"
}
],
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"idiomatic"
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"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to act in a way expected to backfire",
"word": "自掘墳墓"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zìjuéfénmù",
"sense": "to act in a way expected to backfire",
"word": "自掘坟墓"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to act in a way expected to backfire",
"word": "grave sin egen grav"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to act in a way expected to backfire",
"word": "kaivaa omaa hautaansa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to act in a way expected to backfire",
"word": "creuser sa tombe"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to act in a way expected to backfire",
"word": "creuser sa propre tombe"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to act in a way expected to backfire",
"word": "grafa sér gröf"
},
{
"alt": "ぼけつをほる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "boketsu o horu",
"sense": "to act in a way expected to backfire",
"word": "墓穴を掘る"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to act in a way expected to backfire",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "wykopywać sobie/swój własny grób"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to act in a way expected to backfire",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "wykopać sobie/swój własny grób"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to act in a way expected to backfire",
"word": "cavar a própria cova"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to act in a way expected to backfire",
"word": "cavar su propia tumba"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to act in a way expected to backfire",
"word": "gräva sin egen grav"
}
],
"word": "dig one's own grave"
}
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