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
Hanne (2)	HAH-nə (German), HAHN-ne (Swedish, Norwegian), HAN-ne (Danish)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Sarina	-	English (Modern)
Israel	['izreiə]
Nomusa	-	Southern African, Ndebele
Merav	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Jeanette	zha-NET (French), jə-NET (English), shah-NET (Swedish)	French, English, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch