come back to bite you



come back to bite you

If something will come back to bite you, it will cause problems for you in the future. Her unpleasant remarks may well come back to bite her later.
See also: back, bite, come

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Pipaluk-Native American, Greenlandic
Wischard-Old Norman
Siors-Welsh
JÚLiaZHOO-lyə (Portuguese), YOO-lee-aw (Hungarian)Portuguese, Catalan, Hungarian, Slovak
Angelicaan-JEL-i-kə (English), ahn-JE-lee-kah (Italian)English, Italian, Romanian, Literature
Timoteus-Ancient Greek (Latinized)