自取其咎

Pinyin: zì qǔ qí jiù Usage: 主谓式；作谓语、宾语；含贬义 Explanation: 咎罪过，祸害。自己造成灾祸或自己找罪受。 Source: 老子《道德经》富贵而骄，自遗其咎。” Example: 想当时因得罪于荆公，～。（明·冯梦龙《警世通言》卷三） Thesaurus:  drop a bucket into an empty well, a cup of water can't put out the fire on a carload of wood, be of no avail (=without avail), put a halter round one's neck, make a law only to fall foul of it oneself; be hoist with or by one’ s own petard; get caught in one’ s own trap, suicide, Moths Firefighting, go for very little, Coke boil lapidation, Eggs and stone fight, whoever plays with fire will perish by fire, Cannibalism undesirable consequence, dig one’ s own grave, make self-criticism as one who draws a fire against oneself, art of writing a composition Self-harm, a drop in the bucket Antonym Group:  Fain hair, Highly effective, Chuikang See m, Soratani microphone, be immediately effective, Tatemi result, Effective