引火烧身 meaning in English
draw fire against [on] oneself; draw the fire upon oneself; induce criticisms on oneself; make self-criticism to encourage criticism from others; “to draw fire” to oneself -- to bring trouble to oneself
Examples
- When you play with fire , you get burned . "
当你玩火,你引火烧身 - Aren ' t you rather sticking your neck out , telling the director what you think of him
你对董事长说出你对他的看法，这不是引火烧身吗？ - And campaigning against health and safety standards can easily backfire : who wants to be in favour of drowning sea turtles in fishing nets so that people can eat cheaper shrimp
而至于发动反健康和安全标准的运动，倒是很容易引火烧身：谁又会为了使人们能够吃上便宜的小虾，而赞同在渔网中溺死海龟呢？ - And campaigning against health and safety standards can easily backfire : who wants to be in favour of drowning sea turtles in fishing nets so that people can eat cheaper shrimp
而至于发动反健康和安全标准的运动，倒是很容易引火烧身：谁又会为了使人们能够吃上便宜的小虾，而赞同进口溺死在渔网中的海龟呢？