Make a rod for ​your own back

If you make a rod for ​your own back, you ​act in a way that ​creates more ​problems for yourself in the ​future: By giving in to the ​terrorists' ​demands, the ​government will ​simply be making a rod for ​its own back.

Saved 14 September 2015 / dictionary.cambridge.org ↗

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