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shoot yourself in the foot
Definition: to do something without intending to which spoils a situation for yourself
Usage: his parents reprimanded him about his ways of walking at night, now he got mugged; indeed he shot himself on the foot
SEPEDI
Translation: go ithunya leotong
Proverb: bjala bo tagile moapei
XITSONGA
Translation: tiduvule ekondzweni
Proverb: i mhangu ku tilavela
TSHIVENḒA
Translation: u ḓithuntsha kha mulenzhe
Proverb: khumbana vhulaelo, ntsa i vhuya nga vhuṱala hayo