blow up in (one's) face

To have a plan go wrong or awry. Mike was trying to sabotage my campaign, but the plan blew up in his face when I overhead him talking about it. Tina's decision to invest only in technology stocks has really blown up in her face.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Gobnata	-	History
NedİM	-	Turkish
Shulammit	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Adelaide	AD-ə-layd (English), ah-de-LIE-de (Italian), ə-də-LIED (Portuguese)	English, Italian, Portuguese
Annabelle	AN-ə-bel (English)	English, French
EleonÓRa	-	Hungarian