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
Konstantin	KAWN-stahn-teen (German), kahn-stahn-TEEN (Russian)	German, Hungarian, Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Mannix	-	Irish
Kelli	KEL-ee	English
Yesfir	-	Russian
Gavin	GAV-in (English)	English, Scottish
Kohar	-	Armenian