Sentence examples for it backfires on you from inspiring English sources
"Sometimes you try to help people and it backfires on you, and then they try to take advantage of you," Cosby was quoted as saying in the 2005 piece.
Nothing is worse than heeding the advice of an online "guru" only to have it backfire on you.
"When candidates use those messages it backfires on them pretty fiercely," he said.
If you come across your mum's drug stash don't throw it away or flush it down the toilet as it will backfire on you big time and she may even beat you for it.
That's called cheating and it WILL backfire on you... and it will NOT be nice at all.
Although expressing ones hurt may succeed in making a child feel guilty for forgetting your birthday, it may backfire on you.
If you move too quickly it can backfire on you.
Don't act desperate... it could backfire on you.
You don't have to seem too eager to be interesting, it may backfire on you.
Try not to wash your hands after performing this trick, as it will backfire on you.
