make/prepare a rod for one’s own back自讨苦吃;自找麻烦：A moneygrubber once picks up a check，he does not try to return it to the loser but goes to the bank cashing it，of course he is severely punished，we say he is making a rod for his own back.有个财迷拾到一张支票，他不设法把它归还失主却到银行去兑现，当然他受到严厉惩罚，我们说他是自讨苦吃。 |