shit on one's own doorstep

shit on one's own doorstep: vb

British

to do something damaging or unpardon-able which will rebound upon oneself or one's friends; to ruin one's own environ-ment. This expression, like the politer 'foul the nest', has equivalents in most European languages (normally involving beds rather than doorsteps).

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