not do any favors

not do somebody/yourself any favors

to do something that will have a bad effect on you or someone else We are not doing our children any favors by giving them unrealistic ideas of how the world works.

Usage notes: often said about something that is intended to be helpful or kind but that has the opposite effect

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Rameses	RAM-ə-seez (English)	Ancient Egyptian (Hellenized)
Radboud	RAHT-bowt	Dutch
Gay	GAY	English
Osane	-	Basque
LÉOnie	le-o-NEE	French
Alexander	a-lig-ZAN-dər (English), ah-lek-SAHN-der (German), ah-lək-SAHN-dər (Dutch), AW-lek-sawn-der (Hungarian)	English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Hungarian, Slovak, Biblical, Ancient