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shoot oneself in the foot

To deliberately sabotage an activity in order to avoid obligation, though it causes personal suffering. Origins in first world war trench warfare.
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Submitted on September 01, 2009

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shoot oneself in the footTo act against one's own interests, e.g., by saying what one is really thinking.
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