come back to bite you



come back to bite you

If something will come back to bite you, it will cause problems for you in the future. Her unpleasant remarks may well come back to bite her later.
See also: back, bite, come

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Tomasato-MAH-sahSpanish
SzilÁRd-Hungarian
Cyneheard-Anglo-Saxon
Irene['airi:n]
RŪTa-Lithuanian
Beatty['beti]