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
Shari	SHER-ee, SHAR-ee	English
Nilima	-	Indian, Marathi, Hindi, Telugu
Dunn	[dʌn]
Valent	-	Croatian
Shaelyn	SHAY-lin	English (Rare)
Magee	[mə'gi:]