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Vaihtoehtoiset kirjoitusmuodot

Ääntäminen

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ranskatendre le bâton pour se faire battre

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Substantiivi

  1. (idiomatic) The means of one's own punishment or downfall.

Esimerkit

  • "Silcote, you are making a rod for your back in your treatment of that child. She'll live to break your heart for you."
  • Nobody is more wary of Tony Blair's record ratings and the illusion of the Prime Minister's omnipotence than Tony Blair himself. "He thinks his approval ratings are a rod for his back," says one adviser.
  • I can't get over how you parents let your children run riot over you. There must be some discipline in this surely, otherwise you will make a rod for your back when they get older.

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