blow up in face

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   if a plan, etc. blows up in your face, it goes wrong in a way that causes you damage, embarrassment, etc.

   If you tell everyone about the stock deal, it will blow up in your face.

   And now it's going to blow up in your face.

In the movies · 2

• And now it's going to blow up in your face.Ant-Man2015
• If you tell everyone about the stock deal, it will blow up in your face.The Big Chill1983
• 'Cause I'll blow up your face like Louis Armstrong.Two Lovers2008
• This is a terrible idea that will most likely blow up in your face.Trolls World Tour2020
• And it's bullshit. And if I'm right, are you gonna put The Journal's reputation behind a story that's gonna blow up in your face?The Insider1999

From the same entry

• blow your brains out
• blow chunks
• blow a fuse
• blow the gaff
• blow hot and cold
• blow out of the water
• blow smoke
• blow your mind
• blow your own trumpet
• blow your top
• blow the whistle on
• blow the cobwebs away

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• come with the territory
• for the foreseeable future
• from head to foot
• give a once over
• go round in circles
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• i could eat a horse
• in the eyes of the law
• in the light of
• kick ass
• know a thing or two
• make the first move