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
Lilac	LIE-lək	English (Rare)
Theo	THEE-o (English), TAY-o (Dutch)	English, Dutch
Athanasius	ath-ə-NAY-shəs (English)	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Arbuthnott	[a:'bʌθnət]
Lux	LUKS (English)	Various
Ocean	O-shən	English (Rare)