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Meaning of "shoot oneself in the foot" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SHOOT ONESELF IN THE FOOT

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHOOT ONESELF IN THE FOOT

shoot
shoot a line
shoot craps
shoot down
shoot from the hip
shoot one´s bolt
shoot one´s load
shoot one´s mouth off
shoot out
shoot the breeze
shoot the bull
shoot the sun
shoot through
shoot up
shoot-´em-up
shoot-out
shoot-the-chute
shoot-to-disable
shoot-to-kill
shootable

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHOOT ONESELF IN THE FOOT

athlete´s foot
back foot
bird´s foot
board foot
club foot
elephant foot
foot
hand and foot
kick with the wrong foot
of foot
on foot
on the back foot
on the front foot
on the right foot
on the wrong foot
set on foot
the boot is on the other foot
tread under foot
trench foot
tube foot
under foot

Synonyms and antonyms of shoot oneself in the foot in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «shoot oneself in the foot» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHOOT ONESELF IN THE FOOT

Find out the translation of shoot oneself in the foot to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of shoot oneself in the foot from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «shoot oneself in the foot» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

拍自己的脚
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

disparar a sí mismo en el pie
570 millions of speakers

English

shoot oneself in the foot
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पैर में अपने आप को गोली मार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اطلاق النار على نفسه في القدم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

застрелиться в ногу
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

atirar no próprio pé
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পায়ে নিজেকে অঙ্কুর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

se tirer dans le pied
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menembak diri di kaki
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schießen sich in den Fuß
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

墓穴を掘る
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

다리 에 자신을 촬영
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Njupuk awak ing sikil
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bắn mình trong chân
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

காலில் தற்கொலை செய்து கொள்ளுங்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पाऊल मध्ये स्वतः जाळणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ayak kendini vurmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sparare se stessi la zappa sui piedi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

strzelać siebie w stopę
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

застрелитися в ногу
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

trage sine în picior
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πυροβολήσει τον εαυτό του στο πόδι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skiet jouself in die voet
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skjuta sig själv i foten
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skyte seg selv i foten
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of shoot oneself in the foot

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHOOT ONESELF IN THE FOOT»

The term «shoot oneself in the foot» is normally little used and occupies the 149.013 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHOOT ONESELF IN THE FOOT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about shoot oneself in the foot

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHOOT ONESELF IN THE FOOT»

Discover the use of shoot oneself in the foot in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shoot oneself in the foot and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Political Savvy: Systematic Approaches to Leadership ...
Avoid disparaging the past in presenting your ideas. • Make sure you break with the past in communicating your proposal. • Strike back immediately when someone attacks, or they write 121 101 Ways to Shoot Oneself in the Foot Avoiding ...
Joel R. DeLuca, 1999
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Linux and the Unix Philosophy
Some people have criticized Linux, saying that it forces users to make a significant investment in learning its user interface before they can become productive with it. With Linux, they argue, it is too easy to shoot oneself in the foot. That may be ...
Mike Gancarz, 2003
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Criminal Procedure II: From Bail to Jail
Decker, The Sixth Amendment Right to Shoot Oneself in the Foot: An Assessment of the Guarantee of Self-Representation Twenty Years After Faretta, 6 Seton Hall Const. L.J. 483 (1996); Sabelli and Leyton, Train Wrecks and Freeway ...
Richard G. Singer, 2008
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4327 Chinese Idioms
... 6943 W) banl shi2 tou5 za2 Zi4 ji3 de5 jiao3 to move a stone and stub one's toe; to shoot oneself in the foot; wit-HEW (warm) banl Zhuanl za2 jiao3 to hurt oneself by one's own doing; to boomerang; to shoot oneself in the foot; Marx deem.
Aris Akenos
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美國常用成語及片語
... set off 329 set the stage 360 set the tone 399 sew up 329 shape up 331 shed crocodile tears 84 shed (cast) light on 222 shirt and tie world 332 shoe to drop 332 shoot from the lip 333 shoot oneself in the foot 334 (shoot oneself in the wallet), ...
劉光煒, 1995
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The 80/10/10 Diet: Balancing Your Health, Your Weight, and ...
Otherwise, the decision is much like choosing whether to shoot oneself in the foot or shoot oneself in the hand. In the case of cooked complex carbohydrates ( grains, potatoes, corn, legumes), however, eating them both raw and free of ...
Douglas Graham, 2012
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Webster's New World American Idioms Handbook
0 He laughed when he broke my heart, but now his girlfriend has left him and the shoe is on the other foot. shoot oneself in the foot to carelessly or foolishly damage one's own interests or causes 0 Don't shoot yourself in the foot by refusing to ...
Gail Brenner, 2011
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The Chambers Dictionary
footle 625 IOTCA do fisppo to originate, start; shoot oneself In the foot see under shoot. [Of. Jot, pl./£f; Ger Fuss, Lpes,pedis, Gr pous, podos. Sans pad] footle/oof'/, vi to trifle, waste time or potter (with about or around). — n silly nonsense.
Allied Chambers, 1998
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With the 41st Division in the Southwest Pacific: A Foot ...
The favorite method was to shoot oneself in the foot. Usually the culprit would claim that the gun ¤red accidentally, but others admitted that their action was taken to avoid further combat. A man in Company L was so distraught that he ¤ red a ...
Francis B. Catanzaro, 2002
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Irrationality and the Philosophy of Psychoanalysis
... is the following, (g) Self-deception is more than self-manipulation. There are situations where it is prudent to get oneself tied to the mast (Ulysses' strategy for avoiding the call of the sirens), or to shoot oneself in the foot (the infantryman in the ...
Sebastian Gardner, 2007

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHOOT ONESELF IN THE FOOT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term shoot oneself in the foot is used in the context of the following news items.
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The top 5 times Israeli policy shot itself in the foot
To shoot oneself in the foot (idiomatic): To unintentionally act against one's own interests. To be the author of one's own doom. Some people suffer from what ... «Haaretz, Oct 13»
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The Diary: Nicola Barker
When I moved my foot – surprised by the snarling uproar – it got in the way of this ... (no pun intended) pedi-related metaphors: to “shoot oneself in the foot” (Ha! «Financial Times, Jul 13»

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