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"ref": "1982 April, “Reagan shoots from the lip”, in Black Enterprise, volume 12, number 9, page 16",
"text": "but as President he frequently shoots himself in the foot. Some of his erroneous public statements are dillies.",
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"ref": "2007, Paul Collier, The bottom billion: why the poorest countries are failing and what can be done about it, page 85",
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"ref": "2009 August, SPIN, volume 25, number 8, page 62",
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"ref": "2020 April 9, Gaby Hinsliff, “We used to moan about normal life, now our fear is we'll never get it back”, in The Guardian",
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"ref": "2022 February 7, Peter Stone, “Trump's incendiary Texas speech may have deepened his legal troubles, experts say”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 2022-11-12",
"text": "Dennis Aftergut, a former federal prosecutor who is of counsel to Lawyers Defending American Democracy, told the Guardian that Trump \"may have shot himself in the foot\" with the comments. \"Criminal intent can be hard to prove, but when a potential defendant says something easily seen as intimidating or threatening to those investigating the case it becomes easier,\" Aftergut said.",
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"sense": "to act against one's own interest",
"word": "搬石头砸自己的脚"
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "to act against one's own interest",
"word": "skyde sig selv i foden"
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"sense": "to act against one's own interest",
"word": "in de vingers snijden"
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"sense": "to act against one's own interest",
"word": "sahata omaa oksaansa"
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"sense": "to act against one's own interest",
"word": "ampua itseään jalkaan"
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"word": "sich ins eigene Knie schießen"
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"roman": "vázo ta cherákia mou kai vgázo ta matákia mou",
"sense": "to act against one's own interest",
"word": "βάζω τα χεράκια μου και βγάζω τα ματάκια μου"
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"note": "अपने पैरों पर कुल्हाड़ी मारना (axe your own legs, literally “hit your legs with axe”)",
"sense": "to act against one's own interest"
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"word": "maga alatt vágja a fát"
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"sense": "to act against one's own interest",
"word": "lábon lövi magát"
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"sense": "to act against one's own interest",
"word": "darsi la zappa sui piedi"
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"sense": "to act against one's own interest",
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"sense": "to act against one's own interest",
"word": "墓穴を掘る"
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"roman": "výstrelitʹ sebé v nógu",
"sense": "to act against one's own interest",
"word": "вы́стрелить себе́ в но́гу"
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"sense": "to act against one's own interest",
"word": "пили́ть сук"
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"roman": "pilítʹ suk, na kotórom sidíšʹ",
"sense": "to act against one's own interest",
"word": "на кото́ром сиди́шь"
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"word": "tirar piedras contra el propio tejado"
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"sense": "to act against one's own interest",
"word": "pegarse un tiro en el pie"
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},
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},
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"sense": "to act against one's own interest",
"word": "搬石頭砸自己的腳"
},
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "bān shítou zá zìjǐ de jiǎo",
"sense": "to act against one's own interest",
"word": "搬石头砸自己的脚"
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"sense": "to act against one's own interest",
"word": "skyde sig selv i foden"
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"sense": "to act against one's own interest",
"word": "in de vingers snijden"
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"sense": "to act against one's own interest",
"word": "sahata omaa oksaansa"
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"sense": "to act against one's own interest",
"word": "ampua itseään jalkaan"
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"sense": "to act against one's own interest",
"word": "se tirer une balle dans le pied"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "to act against one's own interest",
"word": "sich ins eigene Knie schießen"
},
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"code": "el",
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"roman": "vázo ta cherákia mou kai vgázo ta matákia mou",
"sense": "to act against one's own interest",
"word": "βάζω τα χεράκια μου και βγάζω τα ματάκια μου"
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"code": "hi",
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"note": "अपने पैरों पर कुल्हाड़ी मारना (axe your own legs, literally “hit your legs with axe”)",
"sense": "to act against one's own interest"
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"sense": "to act against one's own interest",
"word": "maga alatt vágja a fát"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to act against one's own interest",
"word": "lábon lövi magát"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to act against one's own interest",
"word": "darsi la zappa sui piedi"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to act against one's own interest",
"word": "spararsi sui piedi"
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"alt": "ぼけつをほる",
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"roman": "boketsu o horu",
"sense": "to act against one's own interest",
"word": "墓穴を掘る"
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"sense": "to act against one's own interest",
"word": "skyte seg selv i foten"
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"sense": "to act against one's own interest",
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"word": "strzelać sobie w stopę"
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"sense": "to act against one's own interest",
"word": "grabić sobie"
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to act against one's own interest",
"word": "dar um tiro no pé"
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "výstrelitʹ sebé v nógu",
"sense": "to act against one's own interest",
"word": "вы́стрелить себе́ в но́гу"
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to act against one's own interest",
"word": "пили́ть сук"
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"roman": "pilítʹ suk, na kotórom sidíšʹ",
"sense": "to act against one's own interest",
"word": "на кото́ром сиди́шь"
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"sense": "to act against one's own interest",
"word": "tirar piedras contra el propio tejado"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to act against one's own interest",
"word": "pegarse un tiro en el pie"
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"sense": "to act against one's own interest",
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