backfire on

To not proceed as one had planned or hoped. My plan to convince my parents that I'm responsible enough to have a car promptly backfired on me when I came home after curfew. The invading army's strategy completely backfired on them because they failed to account for the icy mountain terrain.

backfire on someone

Fig. [for something, such as a plot] to fail unexpectedly; to fail with an undesired result. Your plot backfired on you. I was afraid that my scheme would backfire on me.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Totty	TAHT-ee	English
Diodotos	-	Ancient Greek
Madalyn	MAD-ə-lin	English
Jemma	JEM-ə	English (British)
Irmtraud	EERM-trowt	German
GrÓA	-	Norse Mythology, Icelandic