“Shoot oneself in the foot”in other languages
Damage your own interests through a foolish action.
English
French
Portuguese
EnglishFrenchPortugueseSame idea, different pictures
English and Portuguese shoot themselves in the foot, dar um tiro no pé. French saws the branch it's sitting on, scier la branche sur laquelle on est assis, an image so obvious it exists in many languages.
More sayings in other languages
- Have a short fuse
- Shoulder to shoulder
- Sit on one's hands
- Sit on the fence
- Sitting pretty
- Six of one, half a dozen of the other
- Skate on thin ice
- Go through the motions
- Slow and steady wins the race